At its World of Watson event, IBM highlighted the expansion of its Watson cognitive computing platform. The company said that it has more than 270 new commercial partners and that tens of thousands of developers are creating apps in the Watson Zone of its BlueMix cloud development service.
“We realized early on how important this ecosystem would be in bringing Watson to every corner of the globe, and it’s inspiring to see our partners take us into entirely new and interesting spaces,” said Mike Rhodin, senior vice president of IBM Watson. “We continue to invest in both external and internal innovation to further this momentum, whether that?s through acquisitions like AlchemyAPI, direct investments through our seed fund, or new breakthroughs by IBM Research.”
