Why investors are throwing heaps of money at machine learning

If you’re a whip-smart investor with big bucks to spend, chances are you’ve got your fingers in the AI pie. It’s a market where $50 million is chump change, so if you really want to play with the high rollers you’ll need more room on the check. Sentient’s up to $144 million in an AI platform play, while Vicarious Systems has thrown $67 million at AI algorithms. So it’s pretty fair to say that if you’re a bot, you’re going to enjoy a top-notch private education. But why now? What’s made machine learning and AI the hot stuff du jour? It’s a game changer, that’s what. AI and machine learning are about process optimization, but taken to the extreme. The more they learn, the smarter they get and the more…


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