The 15 most important AI companies in the world

Marc Botha
Towards Data Science
6 min readJan 28, 2019

--

Artificial intelligence is moving forward, and whether we like it or not, machine learning will play an essential role in our technological future. The largest and best companies in the world already know this, and they are investing heavily in AI.

Here is my list of the top 15 AI companies that have the power and resources to shape our connected future. These are the big players in artificial intelligence.

Amazon

Trade giant Amazon has invested in both the consumer-oriented side of AI and in applications for companies and their processes. Alexa, the company’s AI language assistant, integrated into its echo speaker series, is well-known worldwide. However, Amazon Web Services (AWS), a set of machine learning programs and pre-trained AI services for businesses, hasn’t yet done so much. AWS currently has more than 10,000 customers, including Siemens, Netflix, Tinder, NFL, and NASA.

Photo by Piotr Cichosz on Unsplash

Apple

Apple has been busy acquiring AI start-ups in recent years and sees Artificial Intelligence as a critical part of its future. In December 2018, the company officially appointed John Giannandrea as head of…

--

--

Towards Data Science
Towards Data Science

Published in Towards Data Science

Your home for data science and AI. The world’s leading publication for data science, data analytics, data engineering, machine learning, and artificial intelligence professionals.

Marc Botha
Marc Botha

Written by Marc Botha

German Blogger & Author — Management Consultant in Business and IT — Founder & CEO of different Internet Businesses — Digital Lifestyle Enthusiast

Responses (11)