Report: Amazon acquired the artificial intelligence image analysis startup Orbeus - GeekWire

Amazon's artificial intelligence ambitions are growing, with rumors surfacing today that it purchased an AI startup focusing on image processing. Amazon acquired Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Orbeus in the fall of 2015, according to an anonymous source that spoke with Bloomberg. In the past, Orbeus developed a neural network-based AI solution to categorize and identify photos. Orbeus previously offered the solution as a service for other developers under the name ReKognition, but Orbeus' website says the service is "no longer taking new customers." "But we're up to new/exciting things," the short note says.