In February, Stephen Pratt stepped down from his position as the head of IBM's Cognitive Business Solutions after less than one year on the job. At the time, he did not indicate reasons for leaving IBM or next plans, but The New York Times reports Mr. Pratt is launching his own artificial intelligence business.
Mr. Pratt is joined by former top executives from other digital companies, including GE Digital, Infosys and Microstrategy to form Noodle Analytics. The new company creates and implements artificial intelligence solutions to solve business challenges and drive improvements.
NYT reports Noodle will be headquartered in San Francisco and Bangalore, India.
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