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CB Insights Reveals the AI 100 List
At The Innovation Summit
Chronocam Selected to the 2017 AI 100, Highlighting Advancements in
Applying Biologically-inspired Technology to Machine Vision
Santa Barbara, CA, January 12, 2017 -- CB Insights today selected Chronocam to the
prestigious Artificial Intelligence 100 list (“AI 100”), a select group of emerging private
companies working on ground breaking artificial intelligence technology. CB Insights CEO and
co-founder, Anand Sanwal, revealed the winners during The Innovation Summit, a gathering of
top executives and investors to explore the industries of the future.
“We’re honored to be included in such as renowned group of game-changing technology
developers that are leveraging new ways to collect and analyze data for a wide range of
applications,” said Luca Verre, co-founder and CEO of Chronocam. “In our specific area – vision
processing – we feel our biologically-inspired approach will enable much more efficient and
practical ways to bring intelligent vision capabilities to markets such as autonomous vehicles,
the Internet of Things (IoT), security, inspection and many others.”
Companies such as Affectiva, Blue River Technology, Deep Instinct, Sentient Technologies and
Orbital Insight joined Chronocam in being recognized for their amazing teams, technology, and
traction in front of an audience of 400 senior executives from around the world.
The CB Insights research team selected the AI 100 winners based on a combination of data
submitted by the companies, responses to interview questions and the company’s Mosaic
Score. Mosaic is an algorithm built with funding from the National Science Foundation that gives
predictive intelligence into the health of private companies.
“From financial services to healthcare to transport, incumbent companies in every industry are
seeing that AI will reshape their industries. And as so often happens, transformational
innovation comes from emerging companies. In the case of AI, a lot of the groundbreaking work
is being done by the AI 100. The companies in the AI 100 are accelerating research, improving
efficiency, and making many game-changing advancements that will be felt for decades to
come,” CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal said.
Quick facts on the AI 100:
● In total, these 100 emerging private companies have raised $3.8B across 263 deals
since 2012, according to CB Insights.
● Applications of their technology include breakthroughs in healthcare, drug discovery,
business intelligence, gaming, manufacturing, and much more.
● More than 1,650 companies were nominated or applied for the AI 100 (only 6% were
selected).
● Data Collective has backed 14 of the AI 100 companies, while NEA backed 8 and
Bloomberg Beta backed 7.
● There have been 9 mega-rounds (funding rounds of $100M or more) to AI 100
companies since 2014.
● Five AI 100 companies have reached a valuation of $1B or more (also known as unicorn
status).
● 11 countries are represented among the winners.
Chronocam is a Paris-based developer of biologically-inspired computer vision sensors and
systems for autonomous navigation and IoT applications. Quite simply, its technology, which
introduces a new computer vision paradigm based on how the human eye and brain work,
significantly improves the performance and power efficiency of how computer vision can be
implemented in a wide range of products that improve the convenience and safety of our daily
lives. Chronocam’s proprietary approach leverages the company’s deep expertise in computer
vision technology, sensor design and neuromorphic computing that includes several patents for
this new sensing and processing technology.
The AI 100 Winners:
Affectiva
AImotive
Algorithmia
AlphaSense, Inc.
Anki
Appier
Atomwise, Inc.
Automat
Ayasdi
babylon
BenevolentAI
BloomReach
Blue River Technology
Bonsai
Cape Analytics
Captricity
Chorus.ai
Chronocam
Citrine Informatics
Clara Labs
Clarifai
CloudMedx Inc
CognitiveScale
Context Relevant
Cortical.io
CrowdFlower
Cylance
Darktrace
Dataminr
DataRobot
Deep Genomics
Deep Instinct
Deepgram
Descartes Labs
Digital Reasoning
DigitalGenius
Dispatch
Drawbridge
Drive.ai
Elitic, Inc.
fido.ai
Freenome
Gigster
Gradescope
GrokStyle Inc.
H2O.ai
iCarbonX
InsideSales.com
Kasisto
Kensho Technologies
KITT.AI
KONUX GmbH
Logz.io
Loop AI Labs
Lunit Inc.
Maluuba
MindMeld
Mobvoi
mode.ai
Nanit
Narrative Science
Nauto
Nexar
Numenta
Numerai
nuTonomy
Orbital Insight
Paxata
Persado
Petuum, Inc.
Pilot AI Labs
Prospera Technologies
Rapidminer
Retention Science
Rokid Corporation, Ltd.
ROSS Intelligence
Scaled Inference
Semantic Machines, Inc.
Sentient Technologies
Shift Technology
Sift Science
Sight Machine
SigOpt
Skymind
Snips
SparkCognition
TalkIQ
Talla
Tamr Inc.
Textio
Trifacta
twoXAR
Ubtech
Verdigris
Vicarious Systems
Voyager Labs
x.ai
Zebra Medical Vision
Zoox
Zymergen
About CB Insights
Our team comes to work every day to build technology that helps corporations guess less and
win more. We aggregate and analyze massive amounts of data and use machine learning,
algorithms and data visualization to help corporations replace the three Gs (Google searches,
gut instinct and guys with MBAs*) so they can answer massive strategic questions using
probability not punditry.
With backing from the National Science Foundation and venture capital investors, we mine
terabytes of data and knowledge contained in patents, venture capital financings, M&A
transactions, hiring, startup and investor websites, news sentiment, social media chatter, and
more. Our software algorithmically analyzes this data to help our clients see where the world is
going tomorrow, today.
*We have MBAs.
Contact:
Emily Veach, Communications manager
[email protected]
+1 212-292-3148, ext. 1007
About The Innovation Summit
From voice and chat interfaces to AI replacing investment managers and doctors to the new
revenue models enabled by the Industrial Internet of Things, the Innovation Summit marries CB
Insights’ emerging trend research with the thinking of the world's smartest minds - leading VCs,
economists, researchers and corporate strategists.
For more information about the AI 100, visit:
https://www.cbinsights.com/research-ai-100
To learn more about CB Insights’ Innovation Summit, go here:
http://events.cbinsights.com/corp-innovation-2017
About Chronocam
Chronocam is developing a unique, bio-inspired and self-adapting approach to the need for
visual sensing and processing in autonomous vehicles, connected devices, security and
surveillance systems. Its innovative vision sensors and systems replicate the functioning of the
human eye and address the limitations of conventional vision sensors. The result is that
Chronocam’s vision solutions set a new benchmark for computer vision performance with
unprecedented speed, dynamic range, sensor level video compression and power efficiency, at
the same time. Based in Paris, Chronocam is a venture backed company with investors
including 360 Capital, CEA Investissement, iBionext, Intel Capital, Renault-Nissan Group, and
Robert Bosch Venture Capital. More information can be found at www.chronocam.com
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Mike Sottak
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