IBM’s gobbling up AI companies left and right — and we love it

Big Blue’s been on a buying spree lately with Databand.ai, a big data startup, becoming its latest acquisition. Don’t blink. If you do, you might miss another huge IBM buyout. Up front: Big data is a big deal. Less than a decade ago, many businesses were manually entering data into spreadsheets to meet their insight needs. Today, even the most modest startups can benefit from deep analytics. Unfortunately, the landscape of companies that provide targeted services for a spectrum of industries is somewhat barren. Simply put, you can’t just integrate a bunch of generic AI models into your IT stack…

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