IBM carves out $1 billion for Watson

International Business Machines Corp is turning Watson, the technology that triumphed over human “Jeopardy!” contestants, into a separate division to help the computing-services giant return to growth. 

More than $1 billion will be invested in the IBM Watson Group, including $100 million in venture funding for businesses that develop applications based on the technology. Based in New York with a staff of 2,000, the new unit will be separate from IBM’s hardware, software and services divisions, said Stephen Gold, vice president of Watson Solutions... 

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