The road to machine learning is likely paved with APIs

According to Okta CEO Todd McKinnon, there's a lot of hype around the potential of machine learning, but companies aren't actually taking advantage of it. It's similar to how people discussed big data a few years ago. In his view, tech companies need to create and sell intelligent services that let other businesses use machine learning to perform key tasks. Microsoft's data chief, Joseph Sirosh, has said he expects to see a marketplace of intelligent algorithms and applications that companies can buy.