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Data network effects for an artificial intelligence startup This article was originally published in the Towards Data Science publication on Medium, and scored 6.1K views (archived). The artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem matures and it is becoming increasingly difficult to impress customers, investors, and potential acquirers by just attaching an .ai domain to whatever you are doing. Therefore,
Why would someone in a non-software/internet business acquire an artificial intelligence (AI) startup? AKA How an AI startup may find a niche This article was originally published on Medium, and scored 242 views. Even though investing in artificial intelligence (AI) startups is a recent trend, some large exits already have taken place. For example, Intel paid $15,3B for Mobileye and Google acquired DeepMind for $500M+. Recent acquisitions (e.g. Blue River
Motives behind acquiring an AI startup: analysis of notable transactions This article was originally published on Medium, and scored 304 views. More than 250 private AI (artificial intelligence) companies were acquired since 2012, according to CB Insights. Our research at Flint Capital left us with 340 companies. Studying c.50 notable transactions (valuation of $50M and above) helps to define