Artificial Intelligence
Our blog contains short snippets from our full research coverage. We release new content regularly, so check back often for the latest insights.
AI 2019 Exit Activity Bounced Back
As part of our research process, we track and analyze exit developments within the sector. The below chart shows AI exit activity over time. As you can see, AI exit activity achieved a banner year in 2017, and then dropped in 2018 before rebounding in 2019 to 75 exits.
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AI 2019 Funding Achieved Banner Year
As part of our research process, we track and analyze funding developments within the sector. The below chart shows AI funding over time and calls out the largest funding round in recent years. As you can see, AI funding increased continuously from 2015 through 2019, with last year’s funding hitting a historic high at $24B.
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Venture Scanner Innovation Quadrants
Our Innovation Quadrants are a framework to guide you in the startup scouting process. The Innovation Quadrant organizes emerging technology categories into four states of innovation by plotting the categories on two axes. One axis uses average age to show maturity. The other uses average funding to give a sense of traction.
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Venture Scanner Sector Maps
Our sector maps are snapshots of our emerging technology reports. We show the categories that make up a sector and a random sampling of the startups that are innovating in each category. In this post we share our most up-to-date sector maps for all of our 17 sector reports. They are all available for download.
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Notable AI Startups and QOMPLX Profile
To give you a view into our client-only research, here is an excerpt from our AI Quarterly Review. Our Quarterly Reviews summarize startup activity in technology sectors, provide key analyst takeaways, and profile notable startups.
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Machine Learning Leads AI Exit Activity
How do the different artificial intelligence (AI) categories compare in terms of exit activity? Let’s find out in the graph below, which shows the number of all-time AI acquisitions and IPOs by category through Q3 2019.
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Artificial Intelligence Sector Overview - Q3 2019 Update
In this post we examine the different components of the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. We will illustrate what the categories of innovation are and how they compare with one another.
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Machine Learning Applications Lead Artificial Intelligence Funding
The artificial intelligence (AI) industry has seen $75B in all-time funding through Q3 2019. Let's examine the graphic below and analyze which of the 13 AI categories are leading the sector in total funding amounts.
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Venture Scanner Innovation Quadrants
Our Innovation Quadrants act as a framework to guide you in the startup scouting process. The Innovation Quadrant organizes categories into four states of innovation by plotting the sector categories on two axes. One axis uses average age to show maturity. The other uses average funding to give a sense of traction. Knowing which quadrant each category sits will help in developing your scouting strategy.
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Venture Scanner Sector Maps
Our sector maps are snapshots of our emerging technology reports. We show the categories that make up a sector and how many startups are within each category. We also present a random sampling of the startups that are innovating in each category.
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