What Do VCs Look For In An AI (Artificial Intelligence) Deal?

Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during the SoftBank World 2019 event in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 18, 2019. The founders of Southeast Asian ride-hailing giant Grab, indoor farming startup Plenty, Indian hotel chain OYO Rooms and payments service Paytm took the stage at an annual SoftBank conference to explain how artificial intelligence helps them stay on top in their respective fields. Recently SoftBank Group launched its latest fund, called Vision Fund 2, which has $108 billion in assets. No doubt, the fund will have a huge impact on the industry. But of course, VCs are not the only ones ramping up their investments.