Startup Getting Funding for Navigation App With AR Overlays

Machine learning startup Phiar got a $3 million seed funding round to develop a computer vision and deep learning navigation app for smartphones, with a 2019 launch date. It displays a driver’s real-world surroundings augmented with a colored path, said the company. Augmented reality overlays, based on computer vision and deep-learning artificial intelligence, can boost surroundings rather than distract users.