Hello there, I'm interested in dabbling with some projects related to artificial intelligence. And I would love to know of any big startups focused on AI, or build products enhanced with AI. Could you guys name a few? I know of some such as Hunch, Siri.<p>One pattern I noticed among most of these companies is that typically do not become really BIG companies or generate billions in revenue. So what's the prospect for someone looking to build a company focused on AI, or enhance current products with AI, e.g marrying real estate with AI, or search with AI? Or perhaps social networking with AI?
A little off-topic, but why don't <i>you</i> apply AI to a hot startup? I see your question as similar to saying 'Any hot rails startups?' AI shouldn't be a goal, but a means to an end. You are in a perfect outsiders position to look at various startups and say 'Hmm, maybe AI could help them with ...'<p>Just an idea...
<a href="http://anki.com/" rel="nofollow">http://anki.com/</a> -- Some will remember them from the incongruous toy car demo at beginning of the WWDC Keynote.
See a collection of mine on stackoverflow, specifically constrained to products, where solving the intelligence problem have a direct impact on the bottom line:<p><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1050696/the-business-of-artificial-intelligence" rel="nofollow">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1050696/the-business-of-a...</a>
Not exactly a startup, but Grok (<a href="https://www.groksolutions.com/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.groksolutions.com/index.html</a>), which was founded by Jeff Hawkins and used to be called Numenta, is a big AI company.
<a href="https://tempo.ai/" rel="nofollow">https://tempo.ai/</a> -- A Siri/Google Now/Cue/Donna competitor, based at Stanford Research Institute (SRI)
Every mention of AI should specify what you mean by "AI." Do you mean just k-means clustering? Collaborative filtering? Automatic image recognition? Automatic novel writing? Automated driving? Automated surgery? Automated world-level economic planning?<p>Lots of levels to explore.