Blumberg Capital provides a thorough overview on the companies leading the charge for developing infrastructure that will democratize AI. As deep learning becomes increasingly accessible to the enterprise, it will also become verticalized - with many potential applications in financial services.
Training AI models also requires significant computing resources and highly skilled people to optimize the process. Resource management companies like SigOpt and Determined aim to make training more efficient, powerful and automated. Initial features include hyperparameter tuning, GPU sharing, cold/warm-starting and other advanced training paradigms. These companies are addressing some of today’s most difficult AI development problems and several are gaining significant traction with customers.
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