Looking To Enter The AI Race? Be Prepared To Hand Out Some Hefty Equity

AI, computational linguistics, computational vision, machine learning, and natural language processing skills receive some of the most eye-popping equity premiums. The following is a guest post by Kyle Holm (Partner, Pre-IPO Compensation Practice Leader at Radford) and Kelsey Owen (Director, Pre-IPO Compensation Practice at Radford). The race to build computers that act, see, speak, and think like humans is as competitive as ever. While some worry that artificial intelligence (AI) will someday lead to robots rampaging their way to world domination, AI-related startups have not stopped attracting intense interest from talent and capital. Just weeks ago, China-based AI startup SenseTime Group received one of the largest venture capital investment in the AI space -- a $600M Series C investment led by Alibaba.