This week’s news features interesting developments with regards to fundraising. Sinovation Ventures landed Spanish bank BBVA as a new LP, and BenevolentAI raised over $100mm to continue its development of AI for drug discovery. Company developments: Jack Ma says Alibaba ‘doing a lot of research’ on driverless cars – Apr. 19, 2018 (Phys.org) “What we… Read More »
Another busy week per usual. Highlights include SenseTime’s insane $600mm Series C round. They’re now the world’s most valuable AI startup. Company developments: Veteran Global AI Leader Dongyan Wang Joins DeepBrain Chain as Chief AI Officer, Executive VP of Silicon Valley Research Center – Apr. 13, 2018 (satPRnews) DeepBrain Chain (www.deepbrainchain.org), the world’s first Artificial… Read More »
This week has seen a heavy push on policies and government initiatives related to AI. Looks like the Uber accident in Arizona has failed to deter most regulatory bodies from halting autonomous vehicle legislation and policy. Among the many other developments this week, for all ramen lovers, Google has developed a program that can categorize… Read More »
This week is highlighted by Emmanuel Macron’s push to make France an AI mecca and avoid “dystopia”. So far his initiative has been well received and DeepMind (Google subsidiary) even announced plans to open its second research center in Paris. Company developments Global AI Art Competition launched in Beijing – Mar. 31, 2018 (Xinhua Net) The… Read More »