Not all startups can afford artificial intelligence and the associated infrastructure, but thanks to IBM’s Bluemix platform, the cognitive capabilities of IBM Watson can be a ‘call’ away. Apps developed on the platform will be able to make requests from Watson.

This will give startups access to functions that analyze data streams or translate text into language that either a machine or another person can understand.

For more on this, here’s part of our recent interview with IBM’s Nevil Knupp, Vice President of Cloud, IBM Canada.