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Should I Go to an AI Event? How to Decide Which Events to Attend

Dan Faggella

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February 25, 2019
Should I Go to an AI Event - How to Decide Which Events to Attend

Should I attend an artificial intelligence event or not?
What event should I go to?
Should I go to this event?
Should I go to that event?
We hear these questions a lot. I joke often that the money is being made in artificial intelligence today at events. The vendor companies can raise $50 million in venture funding, but it takes them a lot of time to generate $10 million in revenue.
That's not because these companies are bad companies or they're not run by very smart people. It's a testament to how nascent these technologies are and how many great barriers there are to bringing AI into the ent...

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Should I attend an artificial intelligence event or not?
What event should I go to?
Should I go to this event?
Should I go to that event?
We hear these questions a lot. I joke often that the money is being made in artificial intelligence today at events. The vendor companies can raise $50 million in venture funding, but it takes them a lot of time to generate $10 million in revenue.
That's not because these companies are bad companies or they're not run by very smart people. It's a testament to how nascent these technologies are and how many great barriers there are to bringing AI into the ent...

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