Artificial intelligence (A.I) has fascinated technologists and science fiction writers for decades, but the business world seems to be getting serious about its disruptive potential. Technologies including Deep Blue from IBM, DeepMind from Google or Microsoft’s Chatbots are going beyond press-mentions, and beginning to demonstrate value in solving real world problems.
Last year, the White House released a detailed report on “Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and the Economy.” Trends in Artificial Intelligence are being closely watched by business and technology leaders alike, and we have featured some of these several times in recent past, and have included this as the “Top25 Startup Ideas.”
Tech Companies continue their quest to leverage AI and are making major investments the field. Some tech leaders like Eric Schmidt are also sounding the alarm
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Across all sectors, US companies have invested $1.35 billion in AI talent in the past year, according to a new report from Paysa
In a recently published report, consulting and data analysis firm Paysa, announced results from a new study indicating that U.S. companies across all industries are investing $1.35 billion dollars in A.I. talent. The study looked at AI talent hiring trends from April 2017 through September 2017.
The top 20 Highest Paying Companies, by Average Salary for an AI Engineer are as follows:
- Uber : $314,746
- WalmartLabs : $265,698
- Netflix : $264,799
- Facebook : $257,846
- Salesforce : $248,281
- Google : $236,388
- Coupang : $234,348
- Twitter : $230,639
- Splunk : $227,202
- Apple : $227,094
- Intuit : $221,438
- Palo Alto Networks : $219,679
- PayPal : $218,262
- OpenTable : $215,399
- VMware : $211,862
- Amazon : $209,762
- Unity Technologies : $208,729
- Adobe : $207,076
- eBay : $203,626
- Veritas Technologies : $202,776
About Paysa – Paysa offers personalized career and hiring recommendations plus real-world salary insights for maximizing opportunity, earning potential and value at all stages of an individual’s career. Using proprietary artificial intelligence technology and machine learning algorithms, Paysa analyzes millions of data points including jobs, resumes and compensation information, providing professionals with actionable tools, insights, and research.
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