The market for AI technologies is estimated to generate more than $60 billion in productivity improvements for U.S. businesses annually. With the pace of innovation accelerating at an exponential rate, big companies are increasingly forming innovation labs and collaborating with start-ups to share knowledge and create future-ready businesses. We’ll explore how companies are working to develop and incorporate AI technologies to make their businesses more competitive for the future.

In light of the recent boom in AI, are there enough talent and resources to deliver on the hype? We’ll talk to top technology companies about how they’re educating and investing in the next generation of innovators that will be developing deep learning and artificial intelligence systems across companies and industries.

In this session, we’ll give three enterprising AI start-ups the opportunity to present their boldest disruptive ideas to our audience. Their presentations will be followed by a panel discussion on what excites them about building AI and the challenges they hope to see AI applied to in the years to come.

The transformative power of AI is attracting the interest of top investors, many of whom are making big bets on its potential to impact the future of various industries. The co-managing partner of the leading AI venture capital firm discusses the promise he sees in artificial intelligence and what his firm looks for when investing in AI companies.