FULL DISCLOSURE - Way back in the 80's our Chairman had the foresight to pursue AI projects. To that end we deployed both ML & rules-based systems resulting in well over a $100M increase to the “bottom line”. This was during the previous hype cycle - Boom 2. As BUPS was focused on matching buyers with sellers of one-of-a-kind boat parts ML need not apply. But after interacting with users, it became clear that a cognitive approach could prove beneficial. In short, rules would
