1. Twitter
Twitter has invested significant funds into artificial intelligence. They have acquired 4 AI companies to date. Their latest acquisition of the AI tech startup, Magic Pony, cost them a cool $150 million. A while back Twitter introduced a so-called algorithmic timeline that ranked tweets based on relevance instead of the usual reverse chronological order. The company has also added AI to recommend certain tweets in users’ timelines.
2. Next IT
Next IT is one of the original companies that pioneered chatbots and has helped companies such as Alaska Airlines and Amtrak to easily interact with customers to answer and solve their problems. Their artificial intelligence capabilities allow them to help organizations in a variety of industries including healthcare and insurance.
3. Microsoft
Microsoft has a mix of consumer-facing and business/IT AI projects. On the consumer side it has Cortana, the digital assistant that comes with Windows and now is available for smartphones other than Windows Phone and the chatbot Zo that talks like a teenager. On its Azure cloud service, Microsoft has AI services such as bot services, machine learning and cognitive services.
4. IBM
IBM has been a leader in the field of artificial intelligence since the 1950s. Its efforts these days are around IBM Watson, such as a AI-based cognitive service, AI software as a service, and scale-out systems designed for delivering cloud-based analytics and AI services. It too has been acquisitive, purchasing three AI startups in recent years.
5. Facebook
Facebook AI Research (FAIR) has four artificial intelligence labs around the world all designed to give better understanding to how people communicate. The company has also made four recent AI-related acquisitions, the most recent being Ozlo, to help Messenger build out a more elaborate virtual assistant for users.
REFERENCE: https://www.datamation.com/applications/top-25-artificial-intelligence-companies.html.
