Authoritative report analysis: global medical health and robot investment decline AI venture capital against growth

The CB Insights report believes that the reason why AI-related industries can have relatively more room for growth flexibility is because AI technology can indeed support countless innovations, whether it is autonomous driving or intelligent customer service (robo advisory platforms).

The following is an analysis and forecast of investment in AI related fields.

The number and amount of investment in robots both fell, and the amount of investment in AI technology decreased but the amount of financing climbed.

The number of VC investment transactions in robotics (excluding drones, mainly those focusing on manufacturing automation, agricultural automation, surgical applications and personal robots) has actually begun to slowly decline since the third quarter of 2015, while investment In terms of the amount, it was a big dip in the fourth quarter of 2015. Of course, the reason for the big diving is mainly the total investment of 236 million US dollars in the third quarter of 2015, and 150 million US dollars was completed by a long-term financing of Auris Surgical Robotics. Excluding this high-funded financing, a total of only $86 million in investment was incurred in the third quarter of 2015. In comparison, the investment amount of US$62 million in the fourth quarter of 2015 and the investment amount of US$91 million in the second quarter of 2016, although still in a state of relatively inactive trading, but under the support of AI technology, investment in the field of robotics The activity is likely to show an overall growth trend in small fluctuations.

AI technology startups and startups in AI-related vertical applications are included. In the second quarter of 2016, investment transactions declined slightly and investment continued to grow, mainly due to the completion of three more than $100 million in the second quarter. Investment, including the $154 million health sector startup iCarbonX (carbon cloud intelligence in China, Tencent and Zhongyuan Concord two listed companies also participated in the investment), FractalAnalytics (company) with a long-term single-round equity financing of 100 million US dollars Located in New Jersey, USA, the investment agency is Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad), D-round financing of 100 million US dollars in network security technology Unicorn Cylance (the company is located in California, investment institutions including Blackstone Group, Insight Venture Partners, and Khosla Ventures ).

Enterprise investment AI driving force: reduce labor costs

VC's focus on innovation opportunities is mainly focused on: which technological innovation applications can transform traditional manual labor, and automate the work that needs to be done manually, whether it supports the internal operation process of the enterprise or directly serves the end consumers. In fact, there are countless opportunities for innovative applications, and from a variety of industries, from autonomous vehicles to medical health solutions to providing intelligent customer service, innovative products and services are supporting different forms of AI technology.

"Artificial Intelligence" technology is a general term that refers to algorithms designed to perform tasks in software programming that are generally considered to require human knowledge, judgment, and skill to perform.

While many companies are already using some form of AI software, some work such as transaction process processing or data analysis can be done automatically online. However, today's business needs are more focused on finding an advanced AI solution that allows for the most appropriate AI solution in the face of more complex tasks with more uncertainties. Decision making. For example, the AI ​​algorithm built into an autonomous car needs to be able to respond effectively to driving tasks, taking into account real-time road conditions, including driver driving behavior from surrounding vehicles, and these behaviors are randomly generated and may not always be rational.

The tasks that AI technology can solve are not limited to this. The value it brings to the enterprise is diverse, as can be seen from some investments from large business process outsourcing service providers (BPO players). For companies, an important driver of investment in AI technology innovation is that the goal of increasing revenue may no longer need to be achieved through increased human resource investment. When companies adopt more complex and diverse AI technologies, it is possible for companies to reduce the number of people and make some background work automatic. Although the consequences of such a company's development direction have yet to be further explored from a moral perspective, it is clear that many companies have seen many potential benefits from the use of AI technology.

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