--- title: 10 stats about AI that will blow you away description: "Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently called artificial intelligence \"the holy grail that anyone in computer science has been thinking about.\"" image: https://blog.pelican.ai/hubfs/Pelican_March2019/Images/5a72f51b9c5ef80001f6b446_Being%20Human-1.jpg --- [![Pelican](https://blog.pelican.ai/hubfs/Pelican_March2019/Images/59244394df998478fd005a73_Pelican-edit.png) ](https://www.pelican.ai) # 10 stats about AI that will blow you away 07 September 2016 ![10 stats about AI that will blow you away](https://blog.pelican.ai/hubfs/Pelican_March2019/Images/5a72f51b9c5ef80001f6b446_Being%20Human-1.jpg) ###### By Sarah Broughton *Bill Gates calls this market the “holy grail” of computer science... *A great piece by [Leo Sun](http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/06/19/10-stats-about-artificial-intelligence-that-will-b.aspx#.V2df2fbz-5I.mailto) here, which puts the spot light on Bill Gate's views of the importance of AI. Hope you enjoy... Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently called artificial intelligence "the holy grail that anyone in computer science has been thinking about" during Vox Media's Code Conference. Gates discussed the rapid progress of speech recognition and computer vision technologies over the past five years, and noted that "the dream is finally arriving." If that dream arrives, tech investors should recognise the major trends and players in this market. To get started, let's examine 10 fascinating facts about the AI industry. [Back to Blogs](https://blog.pelican.ai/news/blog) ##### About Pelican AI Built for simplicity and scale, our purpose-built suite allows a 70% reduction in payment processing costs, real-time compliance, significantly reduced fraud, and improved customer experiences. Explore our purpose-built API platform. ##### Useful Links ##### Social ![Twitter](https://blog.pelican.ai/hubfs/images/social/tweeter.svg)[Twitter](https://twitter.com/pelican_ai) ![Linkedin](https://blog.pelican.ai/hubfs/images/social/linkedin.svg)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/pelican.ai) ![YouTube](https://blog.pelican.ai/hubfs/images/social/youtube.svg)[YouTube](https://hubs.ly/H0xpftm0) Copyright © 2024 Pelican / ACE Software Solutions Inc. All rights reserved. | [Privacy Policy](https://www.pelican.ai/privacy).