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According to statistics, since 2010, tech giants, including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon, have acquired more than 50 artificial intelligence companies, through which they have acquired the top talent and new technologies they crave.

The acquisition is the future.

According to CB Insights, a research firm, the giants are buying the core of the future business.

In 2010, Apple acquired Siri, which has become the cornerstone of its mobile phones, computers and other hardware voice assistants. For many consumers, Siri is the embodiment of AI technology.

In 2013, Amazon acquired British technology company Evi, which made an important contribution to its market-leading Alexa assistant. Amazon's online retail and cloud computing businesses also use a lot of artificial intelligence technology.

In 2014, Google spent more than $600m to acquire Deep Mind, which developed the world-famous AI program Alpha Go, which beat several human go masters. AI has become the core of Google's main business.

In 2017, Facebook acquired Ozlo, an artificial intelligence assistant startup, to help develop "attractive experiences based on artificial intelligence and machine learning in Messenger."

Microsoft is also investing heavily in AI, shifting its focus from the Windows operating system to cloud computing and the Internet of things.

Will AI be monopolized by giants?

The acquisition war in the field of AI has just begun, which reflects the AI strategy of technology companies. on the other hand, it also shows that AI may form a giant monopoly just like the Internet.

In terms of capital scale and talent attractiveness, large companies have advantages that start-ups cannot match. At present, 10% of the world's AI talents work in 10 large companies. In the future, AI startups may have fewer and fewer talented people, and talent is often one of the important competitiveness of AI companies.

But the era of AI has just begun, and the giants have not engulfed the whole field of artificial intelligence. There are still many excellent AI startups, such as myopia, Shantang and Weaving Intelligence, which are all stars.

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