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Inside the AI2 Incubator: Microsoft co-founder’s unfinished legacy fuels quest for new AI startups
Friday, 03 Nov 2023 06:00 am

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As a key figure in the PC revolution, late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen understood the power of new technologies to create world-changing companies.

Later in life, Allen saw the same promise in artificial intelligence. So in 2013, when he recruited University of Washington computer scientist and serial entrepreneur Oren Etzioni to launch and lead the Seattle-based Allen Institute for AI (AI2), Allen was intent on producing innovative startups in addition to cutting-edge research.

https://www.geekwire.com/2022/inside-the-ai2-incubator-microsoft-co-founders-unfinished-legacy-fuels-quest-for-new-ai-startups/