The AI Lords Of Sports: How The SportsTech Is Changing Business World

It is the time of the fall classic, Major League Baseball's World Series. As the two best teams vie for the championship this year, there are some actors in the game beyond the players, coaches, umpires (or referees), and fans… namely big data, analytics, and artificial intelligence. These new actors are also highly prevalent in football, basketball, and hockey, and they are changing these games forever. Sports foray into technology and data really got its start in 2002 with the Oakland Athletics. General Manager Billy Beane and Assistant GM Paul DePodesta would pioneer sabermetrics, which is a new perspective on baseball analytics.