AI loses buzzword battle

$1B+ digital health exits.
Packaging is changing. FAMGA in voice.

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September 18, 2019

Buzzword game strong

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Interestingly, and perhaps surprisingly, public company execs say “machine learning” more on earnings calls than the more generic “artificial intelligence.”

Cloudera and Google say “machine learning” most frequently. The #3 company on the list was a surprise, as it’s a much less well-known publicly traded electronic design automation firm.

If you have access to our earnings transcript search engine, you can see the top mentioners and read their mentions here.

More on our earnings transcript search engine here.

AND NOW, THE RESEARCH

Exit, pursued by a bull

Digital health companies — working on everything from cancer therapeutics to telemedicine — saw a record number of exits in 2018.

We map out every $1B+ digital health exit since 2011. Check it out here.

Guess who’s back

Before Siri and Alexa, there was Clippy. The animated paperclip assistant batted eyebrows at Microsoft Office users for 4 short years before being removed from the software.

But if you’re feeling nostalgic and have a Mac, you can now download an app to bring Clippy back into your life.

Source: Brendan Hesse via Life Hacker

A package deal

The world of CPG packaging has been slow to adapt to tech trends.

But change is coming fast as companies respond to shifting consumer demands.

From reducing single-use plastics to smart tracking, we analyze 3 key trends to watch.

IN OTHER NEWS

Big tech wants to chat

The battle to conquer voice is heating up.

Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon (FAMGA) are making significant investments in speech-focused startups and research — betting that voice is poised to become one of the next big markets.

Read all about it in our big tech in voice report.

Strategy superstars

The speaker roster for The Collective (Dec. 10-11, NYC) gets better every day. Here are a few execs who signed on this week:

John Somorjai, EVP, Corporate Development, Salesforce Ventures
Jim Adler, Founder and Managing Director, Toyota AI Ventures
Peggy Johnson, EVP, Business Development, Microsoft

If strategy, growth, CVC, or M&A is part of your job description, this is one event you can’t miss.

CLIENT-EXCLUSIVE RESEARCH

Money, money, money

AI is spreading to everything from finance to healthcare to cybersecurity, attracting billions in investment and minting herds of unicorns along the way.

We mapped out the 90+ most well-funded startups in the space. Clients can see them all here.

CORE INTELLIGENCE

The Industry Standard

Financial Times. Harriet Agnew (@HarrietAgnew) looks at the French government’s plan to boost investment in tech startups and references CB Insights and La French Tech’s most recent report on funding trends in France.

Bloomberg. Tim Culpan (@tculpan) writes about the potential repercussions of WeWork’s IPO delay on SoftBank and cites CB Insights data.

Forbes. Ran Poliakine (@poliakine) discusses opportunities for AI in healthcare and refers to CB Insights’ global healthcare report.

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