It's worth noting that it was the research groups of the big four that showed up to NipS --Google Brain, deepmind, Microsoft research, etc. Publishing isn't th

It's worth noting that it was the research groups of the big four that showed up to NipS --Google Brain, deepmind, Microsoft research, etc. Publishing isn't the focus of hedge funds so they don't get a lot of love. It makes sense that academics would be interested in working for a company that will still allow the academic to publish.