Each year, the World Economic Forum declares a list of technology pioneers—those companies that are innovating and creating cutting-edge products and services. In the 2018 list, many companies have artificial intelligence and machine learning at their core. This article summarizes those AI tech pioneers.

1. 14 Incredible Artificial
Intelligence Pioneers
Everyone Should Know About.

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14 Incredible Artificial Intelligence Pioneers
Everyone Should Know About
Every year, the World Economic Forum reports on
technology pioneers from around the world. As you
might expect, this year, many companies use artificial
intelligence (AI) and machine learning at the core of
their business to deliver innovative products and service
offerings. Anyone interested in AI should know about
these 14 pioneering businesses.

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This London-based company was founded in 2013 and
operates under two business units: BenevolentTech’s
focus is to develop the artificial intelligence platform that
will drive innovation by transforming the way scientists
access and use the information available to them.
BenevolentBio is the division that applies the tech to
generate new ideas that will impact human health such
as better medicines and research, insights and
innovation for rare diseases.
BenevolentAI

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With a mission to make law free and understandable,
Casetext leverages artificial intelligence technology to
help legal researchers find the most relevant cases
quickly. More than 1 million people including litigators at
more than 100 law firms access Casetext’s CARA, a
legal library powered by AI tech, monthly.
Casetext

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Rather than artificial intelligence replacing humans, the
AI and blockchain solutions provided by CognitiveScale
aim to pair humans and machines to augment a
human’s cognitive capabilities to impact a variety of
industries from healthcare to energy and manufacturing
and more. These systems learn, adapt and scale as
new data streams in.
CognitiveScale

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Graduate students from Stanford University’s Artificial
Intelligence Lab founded DriveAI in 2015. DriveAI has
retrofit kits that include sensors, LiDAR, high-def
cameras and more to allow a vehicle to gain 360-
degree perspective of its environment. The company
works with public and private partners to solve today’s
transportation challenges with geofenced self-driving
solutions.
DriveAI

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Gamalon is another company committed to augmenting
human abilities with artificial intelligence. By combining
human and machine learning, Gamalon allows people
to talk or text with organizations through natural
language processing and receive personalized
interactions. Applications include customer chat, online
surveys, social media feedback, trouble tickets, call
transcripts and more.
Gamalon

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The objective of Chinese company Malong
Technologies is to develop machines that can "see"
physical objects just like a person can at high,
microscopic and X-ray levels. The company's AI
initiatives are expected to help its customers achieve
better safety, quality, and efficiencies. There are
applications for several industries including retail,
security, and manufacturing.
Malong
Technologies

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From its headquarters in India, MyCrop Technologies
offers a collaborative platform that uses machine
learning to provide real-time support for farmers who
need to make decisions about their crops. Through big
data, sensors, drones and more, MyCrop’s tech and
intelligent algorithms process data and direct farmers to
their "next step" to increase productivity and profitability.
MyCrop
Technologies

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Another company focused on natural language
processing innovation, Narrative Science’s Quill
platform can learn and write like a person and transform
data into intelligent narratives that allow people to make
better decisions faster, empower employees and
improve interactions with customers. Instead of
spending time writing reports, clients of Narrative
Science can act on the data.
Narrative Science

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U.S. company Petuum, one of the highest-funded
artificial intelligence and machine learning startups and
founded by scientists and professors from Carnegie
Mellon University, wants to make plug-and-play AI
solutions available to every company. Petuum provides
enterprises of all sizes the machine learning building
blocks and software to create AI applications which
result in productivity and efficiency.
Petuum

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By analyzing plant data and applying advanced
machine learning, Precognize’s predictive maintenance
software detects system failures days and even weeks
in advance. Not only does it help prevent shutdowns, it
saves on maintenance costs and keeps downtime to a
minimum.
Precognize

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Machines that can read and write? That's precisely the
offering the artificial intelligence company Primer
builds—machines that can read and write not only in
English, but also in Chinese and Russian. The
company's tools automate the analyses of very large
datasets in its pursuit to "accelerate our understanding
of the world."
Primer

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The 21st-century way of recruiting and hiring uses
neuroscience games and artificial intelligence (free of
bias) to match people to jobs where they will excel.
Developed by Pymetrics, the system assesses people
not on their resume, but on their cognitive and
emotional makeup that is revealed through 20 minutes
of game play. Since algorithms are bias-free, this
strategy can diversify the hiring process.
Pymetrics

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Who says machines can’t be expressive and emotive?
New Zealand company Soulmachines created a digital
nervous system they believe will revolutionize the way
humans and machines interact. With a vision “to
humanize artificial intelligence to better humanity,”
Soulmachines creates incredibly life-like, emotionally
responsive artificial humans.
Soulmachines

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ThoughtSpot is a leader in artificial intelligence-driven
analytics and search to put the power of thousands of
analysts in every business person’s hands. Imagine
taking advantage of a Google-like search to analyze
incredible amounts of data and gain insights from the
data. That’s what ThoughtSpot promises with a single
click.
ThoughtSpot

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© 2018 Bernard Marr, Bernard Marr & Co. All rights reserved
Bernard Marr is an internationally best-selling author, popular keynote speaker, futurist, and a
strategic business & technology advisor to governments and companies. He helps
organisations improve their business performance, use data more intelligently, and
understand the implications of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data,
blockchains, and the Internet of Things.
LinkedIn has ranked Bernard as one of the world’s top 5 business influencers. He is a frequent
contributor to the World Economic Forum and writes a regular column for Forbes. Every day
Bernard actively engages his 1.5 million social media followers and shares content that
reaches millions of readers.
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