Following up on the idea that Corporations are moving quickly in AI/ML
August 10, 2017
I had a conversation with an entrepreneur yesterday who was trying to sell a data science product as well as machine learning services to pharma companies. He was scratching his head over the fact that all of the companies now have an in-house data science teams that he has to compete with. This is a single data point but it supports the idea that corporations are moving fast into AI/ML (and the related conclusion that point [non-full stack] solutions are not going to be that interesting BECAUSE they can be developed in-house or by the current incumbent software vendor).
One thing I wonder about is whether these corporations are just thinking the same thing as many entrepreneurs – “how can I get some AI/ML technology” – when it may be more important to figure out where they can build a data castle (aka data moat or data plume: a data advantage that grows larger over time, perpetually outrunning the competition). Good short articles about it here and here.
Some other links, added as I find them:
Anthem build data science team largely from retail industry.
