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These 100 companies are leading the AI revolution

Ozgur Akin, Chairman and founder of Akinsoft, and engineers check an "ADA GH5" humanoid hybrid robot at Akinrobotics, the country's first-ever factory to mass produce humanoid robots, in Konya, Turkey, December 8, 2017. Picture taken December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

These companies embraced AI and are leading the way for the rest of the world to follow. Image: REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Nicolas Rapp
Information Graphics Designer, Fortune

Whether you fear it or embrace it, the A.I. revolution is coming—and it promises to have an enormous impact on the world economy. PwC estimates that artificial intelligence could add $15.7 trillion to global GDP by 2030. That’s a gargantuan opportunity. To identify which private companies are set to make the most of it, research firm CB Insights recently released its 2018 “A.I. 100,” a list of the most promising A.I. startups globally (grouped by sector in the graphic above). They were chosen, from a pool of over 1,000 candidates, by CB Insights’ Mosaic algorithm, based on factors like investor quality and momentum. China’s Bytedance leads in funding with $3.1 billion, but 76 of the 100 startups are U.S.-based.

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