2016年是人工智能商业化元年，与此同时政策也大力支持产业发展。人工智能的广阔发展前景吸引了IT巨头的布局和大量创新企业的涌入，投融资活动处于景气高点。分区域看，美国的人工智能企业数和融资额都高居全球第一，中国排名第二。展望2017年，人工智能创业活动将继续保持活跃，在医疗、金融、交通、教育、公共安全、零售、商业服务等领域将会涌现大量的人工智能场景应用，预计2017年的投资与并购规模基本持平于2016年。
2016 is the first year of commercialization of artificial intelligence，and at the same time，the policy also strongly supports the development of AI. The broad prospects for the industry of artificial intelligence has attracted Industrial layout of the IT giants and the influx of a large number innovative enterprises，and the investment and financing activities are in the boom. From the number of artificial intelligence companies and the amount of financing，United States ranks first and China ranks second. Outlook 2017，the entrepreneurial activity of artificial intelligence will continue to remain active. And a large number of artificial intelligence application scenarios will emerge in the areas of medical service，finance，transportation，education，public security，retail，and business services，etc. In 2017，the scale of investment and M&A is expected to be essentially flat in 2016.
