Acquisition Artificial Inteligence Blogging 
Xconomy
AUGUST 10, 2016
On the day after Intel announced its acquisition of San Diego machine learning startup Nervana Systems, investor Steve Jurvetson told me he was feeling a sense of satisfaction about a call he made three years ago, and how it has been playing out.
Xconomy
DECEMBER 26, 2018
It was an eventful year for the artificial intelligence industry. The sector saw more big venture capital deals and acquisitions , while researchers kept plugging away on technology advances. Meanwhile, A.I. developers continued to grapple with issues around transparency, trust, and ethics.
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Xconomy
DECEMBER 27, 2018
It was a year of big exits—both IPOs and acquisitions—for tech and life sciences companies. Artificial intelligence and cybersecurity remained front and center in tech, as new. 2018 was a year of ups and downs for the business and technology community. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.
Xconomy
MARCH 20, 2018
Mythic , which last year unveiled its novel computer chip designed for artificial intelligence, announced today that it has raised $40 million in a Series B fundraising round led by the venture capital arm of Japanese telecom and tech giant SoftBank.
Xconomy
APRIL 4, 2018
But it turns out VCs weren’t the only driving force behind the change in fundraising prospects for the young companies now inventing chips suited for artificial intelligence tasks, and daring to compete with giant chipmakers such as Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA ), says Silicon Valley Bank ’s Matt Trotter.
Xconomy
MAY 31, 2016
The name of the fund—which will back startups focused on cloud computing, machine learning, and security, with an emphasis on technology that complements Microsoft’s own products and services—is Microsoft Ventures. And at the other end is where you’ll typically see our larger investments and acquisitions,” Kashyap writes.
Xconomy
JUNE 22, 2016
She’s referring to how much Watson Health has spent on growth , including acquisitions like Merge and Truven Health Analytics. LeGrand calls the approach “augmented intelligence,” as opposed to artificial intelligence. The first commercial product to come out of the effort is likely to hit in 2017.
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