CB Insights AI 100 for 2018

"The AI 100 recognizes the teams and technologies that are successfully using AI to solve big challenges. The award winners were announced in December 2017 at the A-ha! conference hosted at SFJAZZ in San Francisco on December 12 & 13.

Last year's AI 100 enjoyed amazing success in the year since earning this recognition. 55 of them went on to raise additional funding nearing $2B and 5 were acquired."

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Reflektion Named One of the World's Top 100 Most Promising AI Companies

Reflektion Named One of the World's Top 100 Most PromisingAI Companies

• Leading retail brands such as TOMS, Ann Taylor, Sur La Table, Godiva and Destination XL rely on Reflektion's AI solutions to combine individual shopper insights, product intelligence, and deep learning to create impactful ecommerce experiences that translate to double-digit increases in key metrics such as conversion rate and average order value.
• This 2017 recognition from CB Insights builds upon Reflektion's momentum in the ecommerce space. In 2016, the company was named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Digital Commerce Marketing, and in 2015 it won Shop.org's Digital Commerce Startup of the Year award.

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The Tipping Point: Artificial Intelligence In B2B - Pete Eppele

The Tipping Point: Artificial Intelligence In B2B - PeteEppele

• "First Inflection: Build-Versus-Buy Gap Grows To A Chasm
• Second Inflection: AI Becomes Table Stakes For Customer-Focused Organizations
• Third Inflection: AI Super-Charges Sales Channels"

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INSIDE BAIDU’S BID TO LEAD THE AI REVOLUTION - JESSI HEMPEL

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INSIDE BAIDU’S BID TO LEAD THE AI REVOLUTION - AUTHOR: JESSI HEMPEL

• "To ascend to future dominance, Baidu needs to find a new way to grow—and fast. Fortunately, the world has provided Li with just such an opportunity: “the era of artificial intelligence,” he tells me. Li is betting Baidu’s future on the promise that he can own the future of artificial intelligence, in Asia and beyond.
• Like America’s Big Five, Baidu has substantial computing brawn, a suite of AI-powered services called Baidu Brain, and a fast-improving voice assistant platform called DuerOS.
• Baidu’s biggest advantage is one of place and time. Li is introducing his strategy within a culture that has few ethical hang-ups around AI development. In the West, where people are concerned about the biases with which we program our algorithms and the speed at which they’ll disrupt traditional career paths, new technology emerges more slowly. In China, it’s the reverse: There’s public pressure for companies to move as fast as possible. In July, the Chinese government issued a development plan that aims to make it the world leader in AI by 2030."
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