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The following changes have occurred since last quarter
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Data cumulativethrough December2018
+58%
Funding Amount
-2%
Number of Investments
+25%
Number of Exits
4. The graphic above shows only a sampling of companiesin each category. Data cumulativethrough December2018
VirtualAssistants
(235Companies)
RecommendationEngines
(113Companies)
VideoRecognition
(28Companies)
ContextAwareComputing
(33Companies)
SpeechtoSpeechTranslation
(21Companies)
ComputerVisionPlatforms
(227Companies)
ComputerVisionApplications
(267Companies)
SmartRobots
(195Companies)
GestureControl
(64Companies)
SpeechRecognition
(185Companies)
MachineLearningApplications
(890Companies)
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
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report currently tracks 2,365 artificial
intelligence startups with $48B in funding
MachineLearningPlatforms
(335Companies)
NaturalLanguageProcessing
(355Companies)
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CV Applications
NLP
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CV Platforms
Smart Robots
Speech Recognition
Virtual Assistants
Gesture Control
RecommendationsVideo Recognition
Speech Translation
Context Computing
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This quadrant shows a relative segmentationof the categories with respect to oneanother, data cumulativethrough December2018
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Artificial intelligence funding saw exponential growth in recent years
Funding last quarter was at $6.5B, which was more than twice the funding in Q4 2017
Artificial Intelligence Funding Over Time
Data cumulativethrough December2018
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Machine Learning Applications category leads artificial intelligence funding
The Machine Learning Applications category saw the most funding last quarter with $5B
Artificial Intelligence Category Funding
Companiesare categorized by function and can exist in multiple categories. Data cumulativethrough December2018
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Artificial intelligence investor activity slowed down last quarter
There were 375 investments in Q4 2018, down slightly from last quarter
Artificial Intelligence Investors by Quarter
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Artificial intelligence exit activity saw a decline last year
There were 15 exit events last quarter, which was 15% higher than Q4 2017
Artificial Intelligence Exit Events Over Time
Data cumulativethrough December2018
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