Atolla vs Tontines

Personal Skincare, Powered by Machine Learning

Atolla uses machine learning to pinpoint the cause of your skin issue and give you a personalized solution to address it. Designed at MIT, the Atolla system includes a simple, 10-minute at-home skin test and a personalized serum formulated based on your skin measurements, environment, and lifestyle. Each month, you get the testing tools and serum adapted to your prior month’s measurements. Over time, Atolla predicts what your skin will need before you have an issue. Track your progress and connect to people with similar skin using Atolla’s Skin Health app.

Location: Brooklyn, United States

Real money survival game in augmented reality

Tontines Games is a social wagering platform inspired by the infamous 17th century French tontines. In the form of a mobile app game, this is played in the real world with real people. The idea is that you can invite your friends to speculate on survivorship with you. The survivors get all the money from the pool of speculations. Using your mobile device, you can protect yourself, or hunt down and do away​ with your friends, to increase your chance of getting more money at the end of the game.

Location: Austin, United States