2016年全球最聪明的公司50强

虽然不知道评选依据, 不过, why里的理由实在太牵强. 来源就先不贴了.
  1. Amazon
    Why
    Call out a request and AI-powered Alexa will play your favorite song or order you a pizza. And Amazon Web Services just keeps growing.

    $89.99
    What the Echo Dot, the most affordable device to feature Alexa Voice Service, sells for.


  2. Baidu
    Why
    China’s leading search engine is developing autonomous cars, backed by a big research and engineering team in Silicon Valley.

    100
    Baidu plans to employ more than 100 autonomous-car researchers and engineers in California by year’s end.


  3. Illumina
    Why
    The world’s largest DNA-sequencing company is moving beyond simply selling equipment to expand its uses: a company it’s launching, Grail, intends to develop a blood test that would screen for cancer before symptoms appear.

    $2.2 billion
    Revenue reached last year, up 19 percent from the previous year.


  4. Tesla Motors
    Why
    While advancing autopilot technology in its Model S and X cars, the company is taking electric vehicles mainstream with its $35,000 Model 3 car, which already has 400,000 pre-orders.

    50 percent
    According to CEO Elon Musk, drivers have a 50 percent lower chance of having an accident when driving with Tesla Autopilot.


  5. Aquion Energy
    Why
    Its innovative batteries for the power grid make this startup unusually successful in a tough industry.

    Backers
    Include Bill Gates, Shell.


  6. Mobileye
    Why
    A leader in making driver assistance technology such as collision warning systems for clients including Tesla, General Motors, and Volkswagen, among others, it is working on advances that will enable fully autonomous cars.

    600
    Number of employees who are annotating the images used to train its autonomous driving system.


  7. 23andMe
    Why
    After a two-year moratorium, 23andMe has resumed selling direct-to-consumer DNA tests that assess risk for genetic diseases.

    One million
    The company has sequenced the DNA of more than one million customers.


  8. 8
    Alphabet
    Why
    Its DeepMind business inside Google developed an AI program that beat one of the world’s best players at the board game Go.

    1.6 million
    Number of miles Alphabet’s autonomous cars have driven so far.

    Company Details
  9. 9
    Spark Therapeutics
    Why
    Very strong trial data on its gene therapy for a form of blindness implies that the treatment is headed for approval.

    Collaborators
    Corporate collaborators have included Pfizer, Genable Technologies, and Clearside Biomedical.

    Company Details
  10. 10
    Huawei
    Why
    This Chinese telecommunications giant is now the world’s third-largest smartphone vendor thanks to strong sales in both premium and entry-level devices.

    27.5 million
    Number of smartphones Huawei shipped in the first quarter of 2016, according to market researcher IDC.

    Company Details
  11. 11
    First Solar
    Why
    While rivals face bankruptcy, it has continued to invest in research, increasing the efficiency of solar panels.

    $546 million
    Profits earned in 2015.

    Company Details
  12. 12
    Nvidia
    Why
    With deep learning driving demand for its graphics-processing chips, it started selling chips designed for AI.

    $1.3 billion
    Revenue increased 13 percent in the most recent quarter, to $1.3 billion, compared with $1.15 billion a year ago.

    Company Details
  13. 13
    Cellectis
    Why
    Last summer a hospital in London used Cellectis’s gene-editing technology to heal a child with otherwise untreatable leukemia.

    $300 million
    Though not profitable, the company has over $300 million in cash, enough to last through 2018.

    Company Details
  14. 14
    Enlitic
    Why
    A number of Australian radiologists are now using the company’s deep-learning software to analyze x-rays.

    50 percent
    Claims its algorithm read chest CT images 50 percent more accurately than experts in its own test.

    Company Details
  15. 15
    Facebook
    Why
    Its Oculus Rift technology is the first truly high-quality virtual-reality headset for consumers.

    $599
    Rift sells for $599.

    Company Details
  16. 16
    SpaceX
    Why
    The company is making spaceflight cheaper with rockets that can land and be reused.

    Four
    Number of times SpaceX attempted to land a rocket on a barge before succeeding.

    Company Details
  17. 17
    Toyota
    Why
    Dramatically rethinking its future, the carmaker has committed $1 billion to an automation institute.

    Leader
    Roboticist Gill Pratt is CEO of the Toyota Research Institute.

    Company Details
  18. 18
    Airware
    Why
    Building an operating system for commercial drones, as well as a traffic control system that could increase their usefulness.

    Leader
    Airware’s founder and CEO also leads an investment fund that supports businesses creating technologies for commercial drones.

    Company Details
  19. 19
    IDE Technologies
    Why
    Its large-scale desalination process is winning big contracts in China and Australia.

    30 percent
    By October IDE will be producing 30 percent of Santa Barbara’s water.

    Company Details
  20. 20
    Tencent
    Why
    Asia’s largest Internet company, which owns the popular WeChat messaging app, is expanding into the enterprise market and investing in other technology companies.

    78 percent
    Tencent’s largest business segment, mostly games, accounts for 78 percent of its revenue.

    Company Details
  21. 21
    Didi Chuxing
    Why
    Apple’s $1 billion investment, part of $7 billion raised this year, will help the Chinese ride-hailing app continue to fend off Uber.

    14 million
    Number of rides its drivers complete a day.

    Company Details
  22. 22
    Oxford Nanopore
    Why
    It’s begun selling a DNA sequencer the size of a smartphone that may move genomics out of the lab and into the field.

    Intellectual property
    Illumina, once an investor, is now suing the company for patent infringement.

    Company Details
  23. 23
    24M
    Why
    Created a more efficient lithium-ion battery that could reduce the cost of energy storage for the electric grid and electric vehicles.

    50 percent
    The company claims it can reduce the cost of lithium-ion batteries by 50 percent.

    Company Details
  24. 24
    Alibaba
    Why
    E-commerce site is now the world’s largest retailer and will benefit from the growth in mobile video ads.

    $485 billion
    Gross value of merchandise sold through Alibaba in its last fiscal year.

    Company Details
  25. 25
    Bristol-Myers Squibb
    Why
    Uses of its life-saving immunotherapy, Opdivo, has expanded to lung cancer, advanced renal-cell carcinoma, and Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

    Five years
    One-third of patients with advanced melanoma survived for five years in a study of Opdivo.

    Company Details
  26. 26
    Microsoft
    Why
    Its neural-network research is leading to applications such as simultaneous language translation in Skype and social augmented-reality experiences in its new HoloLens headset.

    152
    A Microsoft network that won a global image recognition contest in 2015 used 152 layers of virtual neurons.

    Company Details
  27. 27
    Fanuc
    Why
    World’s largest maker of industrial robots is incorporating machine learning.

    Eight
    Number of hours a Fanuc robot needs to learn a task with 90 percent accuracy.

    Company Details
  28. 28
    Sonnen
    Why
    Its smart batteries, which include software to manage energy use and can store energy for later, are transforming the electricity market in Germany.

    25 percent
    Electricity on its system is 25 percent cheaper than the electricity on the grid, according to the company.

    Company Details
  29. 29
    Improbable
    Why
    Its virtual-world simulation platform is used to create VR software and test driverless cars.

    Funding
    Andreessen Horowitz is a major backer.

    Company Details
  30. 30
    Movidius
    Why
    Its computer-vision chips are making mobile devices and drones smarter.

    On the radar
    Drones using Movidius technology can sense obstacles to avoid collisions.

    Company Details
  31. 31
    Intrexon
    Why
    The Oxitec division of this biotech holding company genetically engineers mosquitoes that could reduce the spread of Zika.

    $174 million
    Acquisitions increased sales from $8 million to $174 million in five years.

    Company Details
  32. 32
    Carbon
    Why
    Its new kind of 3-D printing is dozens of times faster than rivals’.

    $40,000
    Use of its 3-D printers costs $40,000 a year.

    Company Details
  33. 33
    Bosch
    Why
    Advanced manufacturing facilities it is developing rely on connected sensors and sophisticated software to improve factory efficiency.

    $80 billion
    Record revenue generated in 2015.

    Company Details
  34. 34
    T2 Biosystems
    Why
    Its flexible tool for diagnosing abnormalities more quickly has FDA approval for certain uses, including detecting a fungus that causes sepsis.

    35
    Number of customers who now use the company’s bench-top diagnostic system.

    Company Details
  35. 35
    Editas Medicine
    Why
    Plans to begin testing a powerful new form of gene repair in humans within two years.

    $94 million
    Money raised in its February IPO, and the stock is up 85 percent since then.

    Company Details
  36. 36
    Nestlé
    Why
    Food giant has jumped into microbiome research, working to develop “healthy gut” products.

    $2 billion
    At a slow time for its core food business, its nutritional therapies division has reached $2 billion in annual revenue in its first five years, and more strong growth is predicted.

    Company Details
  37. 37
    RetroSense Therapeutics
    Why
    Has begun first human trials of optogenetics, using light-triggered genetic changes to restore some vision to people with retinitis pigmentosa.

    $12 million
    Revenue raised from foundations and private investors as well as the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

    Company Details
  38. 38
    Line, subsidiary of Naver
    Why
    The Japanese messaging app is quick to add innovative features, such as group calls for up to 200 people, and plans an IPO this year.

    218 million
    Number of monthly active users.

    Company Details
  39. 39
    TransferWise
    Why
    This money-transfer service, with a peer-to-peer model for sending money abroad, aims to charge lower fees than traditional players.

    $750 million
    Money TransferWise helps users exchange every month.

    Company Details
  40. 40
    Veritas Genetics
    Why
    Attempting to sell low-cost genome tests directly to consumers.

    $1,000
    Whole-genome sequencing, including interpretation and counseling, costs under $1,000. The supply is limited to 5,000 customers in 2016.

    Company Details
  41. 41
    FireEye
    Why
    With clients like JPMorgan Chase, Sony Pictures, and Target, it’s creating a new model for computer security on a large scale.

    In the works
    New products focus on securing public and private clouds and detecting targeted e-mail attacks.

    Company Details
  42. 42
    Seven Bridges
    Why
    Its software makes it possible to analyze one of the world’s largest genomic data sets.

    11,000
    Number of patients that have contributed 33 cancer types and subtypes to its Cancer Genomics Cloud.

    Company Details
  43. 43
    Slack
    Why
    The workplace communications app burrows more deeply into workplaces. Now you can use your Slack login for all the software your company uses.

    Three million
    Number of daily active Slack users.

    Company Details
  44. 44
    Coupang
    Why
    South Korea’s largest and fastest-growing online-only retailer is innovating in mobile commerce and same-day delivery.

    $5 billion
    Coupang’s most recent valuation.

    Company Details
  45. 45
    IBM
    Why
    Preparing for an AI era by acquiring huge data sets to train its software.

    100
    Number of clients that have built Watson into a product.

    Company Details
  46. 46
    Snapchat
    Why
    Building out its advertising business by partnering with Viacom to sell ads and with Nielsen for marketing campaign data.

    10 billion
    Number of videos that are seen on the app every day.

    Company Details
  47. 47
    Africa Internet Group
    Why
    This e-commerce company is the continent’s first tech company to be valued at more than $1 billion.

    26
    Africa Internet Group operates in 26 African countries.

    Company Details
  48. 48
    LittleBits
    Why
    Maker of electronic building blocks has accelerated its growth with new funding, new investors, and new distribution.

    $299
    Basic kits sell for $99 to $299.

    Company Details
  49. 49
    Intel
    Why
    In a time of transition, the chip maker is experimenting with reprogrammable processors for deep neural networks and marketing a fundamentally new kind of computer memory.

    $16.7 billion
    Money Intel spent to buy Altera, a maker of programmable logic devices.

    Company Details
  50. 50
    Monsanto
 

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