Thomas Siebel: AI to transform oil and gas
Silicon Valley entrepreneur is bringing artificial intelligence to the oil and gas industry
Thomas Siebel is the leading force behind C3.ai, the Silicon Valley firm that has formed an exclusive partnership with Baker Hughes to bring its artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to the oil and gas industry. While the agreement was forged just nine months ago—with Microsoft Azure added to the mix in November—it has already launched six products and has its eyes on every part of the energy value chain. The founder, chairman and CEO of C3.ai is perhaps most famous for Siebel Systems, the pioneer of customer relationship management (CRM) software that he founded in 1993. Since selling his eponymous firm to Oracle in 2006, the tech billionaire set up a new company to provide platform as a s
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