Sensors, Plus Brains: 17 IoT Companies Using Artificial Intelligence Tech

Funding dollars to Internet of Things startups jumped 31% in the first quarter of this year, compared to Q4'15. That was the second-highest total yet in a quarter. As industrial and business processes are more frequently mediated by the IoT, and IoT-driven analytics solidifies as a category, startups are leveraging machine learning and deep learning to provide predictive insights based on the data collected from wearables and sensors. Just in the last quarter, companies like Tellmeplus, Neura, and Sentenai raised funds to integrate machine learning algorithms with different IoT functions, including data collection, sorting, analyzing, insights, and automation. "A good IoT solution gives you an extraordinarily useful view of your organization's data; a great one allows you to build algorithms that can predict what's next…" – Microsoft IoT blog.