[ganeshkrishnan]

>. It's hard for AI start-ups to do anything without access to the right data sets,

Exactly. As a founder of an AI focused startup, it is so hard convincing VC's that data can be as valuable as revenue.

Some VC's don't even bother beyond the screening call If there is less revenue although the data we gather in the process is more valuable.

Google very well knows the true value of data and hopefully they can shake the VC world for AIs