Data Dominance – How Companies and Countries Win with Artificial Intelligence Emerj

In 2016 and 2017 I spoke with dozens of venture capitalists, many of whom have a specific and overt focus on artificial intelligence technologies. I wanted to know what made an AI company worth investing in, and what business models were generally the most appealing for investment. It took me almost a year of interviews to come to that conclusion. VCs all want to invest in business models with a defendable "moat". Companies that can acquire more data and more users in a positive feedback loop have the chance to blast beyond the competition and become nearly unassailable.