I think we're a long way off from the diversity that the human mind can achieve. Each of the recent advances has been in a narrow field using a lot of processin

I think we're a long way off from the diversity that the human mind can achieve. Each of the recent advances has been in a narrow field using a lot of processing power. We are still a massive factor away from AGI: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/163051-simulating-1-second-of-human-brain-activity-takes-82944-processors http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/163051-simulating-1-secon... What you should be asking is: Which financial companies are doing AI research? High frequency trading is the current technology darling in finance, however the next step will be replacing fund managers and venture capitalist with AI. An AI with access to billions will be an interesting concept. However to stake my claim, I'll say "Some company from India or China that we've never heard about."