Sentient Technologies is using AI to tackle deadly diseases (Wired UK)

This article was first published in the April 2016 issue of WIRED magazine. Be the first to read WIRED's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online. In 2008, Antoine Blondeau co-founded artificial intelligence (AI) startup Sentient Technologies, with a team that had worked on laying the foundations of the technology that would become Apple's Siri. The 60-employee company has raised 143 million, making it the world's most funded AI company. Using AI to solve any problem - from financial trading to deadly diseases.