DeepMind acquires Dark Blue Labs and Vision Factoy.
DeepMind, a UK-based artificial intelligence firm, has acquired Oxford University spin-outs Dark Blue Labs and Vision Factoy. DeepMind itself was acquired by Google earlier this year for £400m.
The size of the acquisitions has not been disclosed, but is thought to be in the range of tens of millions of pounds.
As a result of the acquisition, DeepMind will be working closely together with the university and form a broad partnership. The company is joining forces with Oxford’s computer science…