Singapore, Nov. 20, 2020: Conversational AIoT company UIB today announced that UIB and Bosch ASEAN were named the winners of the 2020 Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) Awards in the “most scalable collaboration” category with their entry “Bosch Assist” at the fifth annual SICC Awards Ceremony and Gala, held virtually this year.
The guest of honor at the virtual event was Chee Hong Tat, Singapore Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Transport.
Powered by UIB’s conversational AIoT platform, Bosch Assist is a personal assistant that can “talk” to buildings — i.e., Bosch cameras, sensors, facilities, building management software, etc. — to seamlessly bridge the gaps between buildings’ technology, people, and processes.
UIB Chief Executive Officer Toby Ruckert said in a written statement, “While success is often celebrated in an instant and appears to have happened overnight, real innovation needs loyal, long-term committed partners for such transformative solutions to see the light of day. What we typically don’t see is the much-needed support (frontend and backend) to make this happen: customers who are willing try something new, senior management who is willing to take a risk (and try something different), and most important of all, the associated team members, without whom this wouldn’t have been possible.”
Bosch Building Technology Division Director of Sales ASEAN Michael Goh said in the press release, “Bosch Assist allows stakeholders of a building to have conversations with buildings’ smart, connected devices. Bosch Assist offers actionable insights, real-time notifications, and services and benefits to users, facilities management operators, building owners, device manufacturers, and other stakeholders.”
Concluded Ruckert, “UIB and Bosch saw a gap in the PropTech and facilities and building management solutions markets in Singapore and internationally. While there is no shortage of standalone hardware that system integrators can pull together for property owners who want the benefits of digital transformation, there was no single ‘smart building’ solution that offered best-in-class hardware, platform, interoperability with multiple manufacturers’ products (as every building has sensors, systems, equipment, and software from many different vendors). There is also a lack of a single, conversational interface that works with any connected device or system with an API, any communications channel (including WhatsApp), any language, voice, and text, and with any Natural Language Processor Artificial Intelligence (AI).”
Designed to recognize, celebrate, and learn from the commercial collaborations between companies that work together to innovate to create new products and services and/or resolve barriers to capacity growth, the SICC Awards recognized UIB and Bosch on Wednesday night as Singapore’s champions of collaborative innovation.