An AI startup that claimed it can beat doctors in an exam is putting $100 million into creating 500 new jobs

British medical startup Babylon Health will invest $100 million in hiring more than 500 researchers, scientists, and engineers over the next year to develop the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Chief executive Ali Parsa said this would bring Babylon's current team to more than 1,000 staff, and that the company would eventually move into new headquarters in London over the next 18 months to house the additional recruits. The firm is currently headquartered in Kensington, London, and plans to take over the rest of the offices in its building. The artificial intelligence research will build on software that Babylon showed off in late June. The company claimed at the time that its AI could assess common conditions more accurately than doctors.