World’s biggest AI startup exploring cars, global expansion


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 21 Mar 2019

Esther Wong, managing director and head of strategic investments at SenseTime Group Ltd., smiles during a panel session at the Bloomberg Invest Asia forum in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The forum brings together some of the biggest businesses and influential institutions. Photographer: Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg

SenseTime Group Ltd, the world’s most valuable artificial intelligence startup, plans to sustain growth by expanding globally and diving deeper into arenas from autonomous cars to health care. 

The company counts education, self-driving vehicles as well as surgery and diagnostics among areas ripe for commercialising AI, managing director Esther Wong said. It’s now actively seeking out investments in fellow startups that can benefit from its own technology, she told the Bloomberg Invest Asia forum in Hong Kong. 

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