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The AI and Automation Buzz
CB Insights: Media buzz around AI, robotics, and automation increased significantly towards the end of 2016. JP Gownder, Forrester: The forward march of automation technologies — which include hardware (e.g. robots, digital kiosks), software (e.g. AI), and customer self-service (e.g. … Continue reading
The Rise of Robots: Market Overview
CB Insights: Social: Startups here are building consumer-focused companion and entertainment robots. The most well-funded startup on this list is Anki, with $157M in equity funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Two Sigma Ventures, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. China-based … Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence is the New Big Data
Source: CB Insights Trends
China: Increasing Investments in AI, Big Data and Digital Health
Gartner: Despite the slowdown in GDP growth to 6.9 percent in 2015, China is still making aggressive investments to drive the adoption of high technology by local enterprises and organizations, according to Gartner, Inc… The massive consumer base and the … Continue reading
The Startup Unicorn Explosion (Infographic)
CB Insights: We looked at all still-private unicorns since 2011 and charted them based on when they first joined the unicorn club. While initially the chart shows unicorns being created at a relatively calm pace, the rhythm accelerates noticeably in … Continue reading
Chatbots Startups and the Future of Marketing and Selling
Venture Radar: Chatbots are programs that mimic conversation with people using artificial intelligence. CB Insights: Advances in artificial intelligence algorithms have put chatbots and voice assistants in the spotlight, with investor interest in the space increasing in recent months. From Artificial intelligence (AI) … Continue reading
AI in Cybersecurity Startups Landscape
Source: CB Insights
CB Insights: 100 Most Promising AI Startups
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40 Startups in the IoT in Retail Market Landscape
CB Insights: Beacon- and sensor-based analytics – These companies provide hardware and software to help stores track visitors. They focus on data collection for internal analytics, such as merchandise tracking, adjusting staffing levels, monitoring promotions, etc. Euclid Analytics, for example, … Continue reading
Who is Buying All the AI Startups? Google, Intel, Apple, Twitter and Salesforce
CB Insights: Nearly 140 private companies working to advance artificial intelligence technologies have been acquired since 2011, with over 40 acquisitions taking place in 2016 alone (as of 10/7/2016). Corporate giants like Google, IBM, Yahoo, Intel, Apple and Salesforce, are … Continue reading