AI Magazine February 2021 | Page 63

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It ’ s a VC , not an AI . Yes , but Google ’ s venture fund is focused purely on early stage AI startups , and without its deep pockets , the AI world will be poorer both figuratively and literally . As well as pumping in start-up cash , Gradient is an AI networking facilitator , prizing knowledge sharing , resources and innovation in this nascent branch of technology . Anna Patterson is its founder and managing partner . She ’ s a Google old-timer , who worked on recommendations and infrastructure for Android ’ s Google Play store , after which she left to set up Cuil , a search engine , and wrote Recall . archive . org , a history based search that ’ s part of the Wayback Machine . If you ’ re in AI , you want her to show you the money . aimagazine . com