AI Sector Overviews Articles and Reports

Artificial intelligence “sector overview” reports are designed to help business leaders explore the possibilities and important AI trends across industries. Search our sector overview reports below:

AI Healthcare Innovations in Europe - An Overview of Startups and Innovation

AI Healthcare Innovations in Europe – An Overview of Startups and Innovation

Accenture forecasts that growth in the AI healthcare market is expected to reach $6.6 billion by 2021 from $600 million in 2014, growing at an annual compound rate of 40%. We've covered AI in healthcare extensively on TechEmergence, but in this report we'll be looking at four European companies offering more niche solutions for both business and consumers in the healthcare space. We found that these solutions are intended to help CPG companies with at least one of the following business problems:

AI in Fintech - Current Applications and Use Cases

AI in Fintech – Current Applications and Use Cases

In their recent Worldwide Spending on Cognitive and Artificial Intelligence Systems report, IDC estimated that banking investments in cognitive and AI systems in 2018 might total around $4.0 billion. Many AI vendors claim to offer software for numerous finance use cases, such as credit scoring, insurance underwriting, debt collection, fraud detection, and more recently, financial regulations, or so-called regtech.

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Chatbots for the Retail Industry – Current Applications

Adoption of chatbots—coded programs that can engage in some degree of conversation with human inputs, often through the help of artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning—is undoubtedly a growing trend. There are thousands of chatbots in use today, on websites, messaging apps, and social platforms. It follows that bots would find a prominent place in the retail world.

AI in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) - Current Applications

AI in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) – Current Applications

There are several companies claiming to offer AI solutions to consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies. We found that these solutions are intended to help CPG companies with at least one of the following business problems:

Big Data in Finance - Current Applications and Trends

Big Data in Finance – Current Applications and Trends

International Data Corporation (IDC) reported in their  Worldwide Semiannual Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide that global investment in big data and business analytics (BDA) will grow from $130.1 billion in 2016 to more than $203 billion in 2020. In a previous report, we covered machine learning in the finance sector, and in this report, we dive deeper into big data solutions and data management platforms for financial institutions. The companies in this report all claim to help financial institutions with at least one of the following:

AI for Exploration & Production (Upstream) in the Oil and Gas Industry - Current Applications

AI for Exploration & Production (Upstream) in the Oil and Gas Industry – Current Applications

The oil and gas industry is usually divided into three major operational sectors: upstream, midstream, and downstream. Upstream involves the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. Midstream usually refers to transportation and storage stages. Downstream encompasses the various processes involved in refining and selling oil.

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AI in Government – Current AI Projects in the Public Sector

Government interest in AI has picked up in recent years, and many government officials are starting to ask the same questions business executives were asking two or three years ago. Governments and large NGOs are starting to invest in AI, spending budget and time on pilot programs for various AI applications and discussions with people in the field on the future implications of the technology.

AI in Martech - Current Applications

Machine Learning in Martech – Current Use Cases

Moore Stephens estimated the size of the marketing technology or martech industry around $24 billion in 2017. It follows that AI would find its way into the martech world. Numerous companies claiming to assist organizations in their marketing; we wrote a report on marketing and AI detailing this connection.