Artificial intelligence has become an essential part of our everyday lives. It is used in financial processes, medical examinations, logistics, publishing, and in a wide range of other fast-rising industries. According to The AI Index 2018 Annual Report by Stanford University, active AI startups in the US increased 2.1x from 2015 to 2018, while venture capital funding for US AI startups increased 4.5x from 2013 to 2017.
Today, there are so many AI development companies on the market that it is becoming more and more difficult to choose the one. Based on my experience in IT market research, I?ve compiled a list of best AI providers. The companies were ranked according to their AI expertise, market presence, location, industry expertise, customer experience, and portfolio.
1. Iflexion
Founded in 1999, Iflexion is a software development company that delivers artificial intelligence to more than 30 countries around the globe. For almost 20 years of expertise, Iflexion has cooperated with a great number of clients, including such big companies as Philips, Toyota, and Adidas.
Iflexion develops AI solutions for image analysis, natural language processing, marketing personalization, predictive analytics, etc. based on the most efficient machine learning/deep learning algorithms.
Founded: 1999
Location: Denver, CO
Employees: 250-999
Major Clients: Adidas, Philips, Toyota, PayPal, eBay, Expedia, Xerox
Core Services: Mobile App Development, Web Development
Rate per hour: $25 – $49
Website: https://www.iflexion.com/
2. Hidden Brains
For more than 15 years of work, Hidden Brains has become one of the biggest software development companies in India with expertise in Healthcare, Real Estate, Logistics, Education, Energy, and other industries.
Hidden Brains provides its clients with a number of AI, ML, DL, and Data Science services. The company develops chatbots for Facebook, Microsoft, Oracle, and Telegram platforms and apps for Amazon Alexa. Hidden Brains also offers NLP software development for various purposes beyond dialogue systems.
Founded: 2003
Location: Ahmedabad, India
Employees: 250-999Hidden
Major Clients: NETGEAR, McAfee, LSI, Raymond
Core Services: Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, IoT Development
Rate per hour: $150 – $199
Website: https://www.hiddenbrains.com/
3. Icreon
Icreon is a New York-based digital innovation agency that delivers AI development services. It creates AI strategies and provides machine and deep learning services. For this purpose, Icreon?s team analyzes the market and develops an AI plan for the creation of AI-driven applications, platforms, and ecosystems.
For AI solution development, Icreon uses such tools as Amazon Web Services, Azure, Caffe2, and Clarifai. Using them, the company has already cooperated with National Geographic Channel, Fox, and Nokia.
Founded: 2000
Location: New York, NY
Employees: 250-999
Major Clients: Nokia, Pepsico, Sabon, Fordham University, American Geographical Union
Core Services: Custom Software Development, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise App Modernization
Rate per hour: $150 – $199
Website: https://www.icreon.us/
4. ScienceSoft
Founded in 1989, ScienceSoft is an IT consulting and software development company with a focus on data science services. The company helps businesses around the world solve their challenges with the help of AI and ML.
Having deep expertise in such advanced technologies as machine learning (including deep learning), natural language processing, machine vision, etc., ScienceSoft designs, implements, and upgrades AI-based software solutions. In the course of data science services, Sciencesoft mines their clients? data to reveal the true reasons behind the low business performance, conduct effective root-cause analysis, and craft detailed forecasts and customized predictions.
AI expertise ? 9.8
Market presence ? 9.1
Geographic strategy ? 9.0
Industry expertise ? 9.4
Customer experience ? 9.8
Portfolio ? 9.7
Founded: 1989
Location: McKinney, TX
Employees: 700+
Major Clients: Walmart, Nestle, eBay, NASA JPL, T-Mobile, Baxter,M&T Bank
Core Services: Data science consulting, implementation, and support. Big data, AI, and ML (including deep learning).
Rate per hour: $150 ? $199
Website: https://www.scnsoft.com
5. Cyber Infrastructure
Since 2003, Cyber Infrastructure is a global and award-winning provider of AI-powered web development solutions. Recognized as a Microsoft Gold certified partner, the company has already worked with 100+ clients from all around the world.
Having deep expertise in machine learning technology, the company develops virtual assistants and other NLP software, provides AI solutions for data security, and integrates them with the customers? enterprise systems.
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Founded: 2003
Location: San Francisco, CA
Employees: 250-999
Major Clients: British Telecome, Bell, Mannatech
Core Services: Web Development, Ecommerce Development, Artificial Intelligence
Rate per hour: $25 – $49
Website: https://www.cisin.com/
6. Dogtown Media
Dogtown Media?s focus area is mobile app development, for which they use all the vast possibilities of artificial intelligence. The company takes on projects of various difficulty and uses its expertise to provide AI consulting and development.
Established in 2011, the company has already launched more than 200 successful mobile applications and has worked with such big companies as Google, Lexus, and Red Bull.
Founded: 2011
Location: Venice Beach, CA
Employees: 10-49
Major Clients: Google, Lexus, UN, Red Bull, YouTube
Core Services: Mobile App Development, Artificial Intelligence, UI/UX Design
Rate per hour: $100 – $149
Website: https://www.dogtownmedia.com/
7. Imaginovation
Founded in 2011, Imaginovation is a web design and development agency that actively uses all the possibilities of artificial intelligence. It helps its clients by empowering their web applications with AI by providing software solutions for recommendation engines, automated speech and text translation, and effectiveness assessment.
Having more than 50 experienced professionals in its team, Imaginovation has completed 300+ web and mobile projects. Among the most prominent company?s clients are Nestle and MetLife.
Founded: 2011
Location: Raleigh, NC
Employees: 50-249
Major Clients: Nestle, MetLife, University of North Carolina, Cree
Core Services: Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, IoT Development
Rate per hour: $150 – $199
Website: https://www.imaginovation.net/
8. InData Labs
InData Labs is a company that delivers a full package of AI-related services: data strategy consulting, AI consulting, and AI software development. Experienced in machine learning, NLP, computer vision, and predictive modeling, the company solves all possible problems, connected with AI implementation.
InData Labs analyses its clients? capabilities and needs, designs a future product concept, inserts the ML system into any production type, and improves the previously built models.
Founded: 2014
Location: Minsk, Belarus
Employees: 10-49
Major Clients: Captiv8, Flo, Wargaming.net
Core Services: BI & Big Data Consulting & SI, Artificial Intelligence
Rate per hour: $50 – $99
Website: https://indatalabs.com/
9. Azilen
In Azilen, more than 250 experts work together to develop high-quality artificial intelligence solutions. The company provides a number of AI enablement services for enterprises.
Azilen has formed its in-house AI knowledge center, where the company?s team develops strategies on AI implementation. This process usually includes four stages: data aggregation, classification, context analyzing, and recommendation and decision providing. Azilen also develops conversational AI solutions. 
Founded: 2009
Location: West Bloomfield, MI
Employees: 50-249
Major Clients: Spoonzo
Core Services: Custom Software Development, Artificial Intelligence
Rate per hour: $25 – $49
Website: https://www.azilen.com/
9. Belatrix
Belatrix is one of the fastest-growing providers of software development and AI solutions. The company has five offices with 600 professionals all around the world. It provides a dedicated machine learning research group whose engineers build varying AI solutions, from predictive models to automated communication and market responsiveness systems.
Founded: 2003
Location: Mendoza, Argentina
Employees: 250-999
Major Clients: Adobe, Disney, AOL, FIS, Chatham Financial
Core Services: Custom Software Development, Application Testing, Mobile App Development
Rate per hour: $50 – $99
Website: https://www.belatrixsf.com/
10. Moove It
Moove It is a software development company that has been delivering AI solutions for more than 10 years. It creates AI products that visually recognize objects, predict user activity, and provide recommendations. To develop these solutions, the experts working in the company apply genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic, as well as supervised and unsupervised learning.
Moove It develops individual solutions for incorporating AI technology and uses a set of tools and procedures that prove themselves helpful in many types of businesses and industries.
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Founded: 2006
Location: Austin, TX
Employees: 50-249
Major Clients: Unilever, Verifone, Sierra Wireless, Bancard, Catapult Health
Core Services: Custom Software Development, Artificial Intelligence, Web Development
Rate per hour: $50 – $99
Website: https://moove-it.com/
11. Sigmoidal
Sigmoidal is a consulting firm that specializes in integrating artificial intelligence into business processes. The company delivers end-to-end machine learning projects and develops software in Python. Sigmoidal provides full-on support during all the machine learning development stages: scoping and architecture design, data collection and exploration, model development, and app development.
Having completed a number of AI and machine learning development projects, Sigmoidal has experience with the Finance, Trading & Investment, and Pharma industries.
Founded: 2016
Location: New York, NY
Employees: 10-49
Major Clients: Verus, Kroll, Red Spark
Core Services: Artificial Intelligence, BI & Big Data Consulting
Rate per hour: $50 – $99
Website: https://sigmoidal.io/
12. The APP Solutions
The APP Solutions is a custom software development company that provides a range of services including dedicated teams, product development, staffing, quality assurance, technological consulting, business analysis, and R&D to start-ups, SMBs and enterprise clients globally.
We offer deep expertise in:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Computer Vision
- Big Data
- Cloud-Based Solutions
The APP Solutions is an official Google Cloud Partner, and together with the Google team, we delivered a comprehensive Machine Learning algorithm for DNA sequencer.
Founded: 2013
Location: Wilmington, U.S / Kyiv, Ukraine
Employees: 50 – 249
Major Clients: Coty Inc., Nioxin, Wella, Flixbus.
Core Services: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Cloud-based solutions
Rate per hour: $50 – $99
Website: https://theappsolutions.com/
13. Arcanys
While artificial intelligence and machine learning rapidly work their way forward, Philippines-based Arcanys provides its customers with highly experienced dedicated development teams that create AI-powered software solutions.
Arcanys applies ML and AI to develop sentiment analysis software, recommender systems, and image recognition solutions.
Founded: 2010
Location: Cebu City, Philippines
Employees: 50-249
Major Clients: General Electric Korea, Enfo, Payment Logic, L?Oreal, Honda
Core Services: Custom Software Development, Artificial Intelligence, IoT Development
Rate per hour: $25 – $49
Website: https://www.arcanys.com/
14. Spire Digital
With more than 600 customers and 98% client satisfaction rate, Spire Digital is one of the most successful AI development companies in the U.S. It has deep expertise in a broad range of industries, including Aviation, Finance, Education, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, and Media.
Spire Digital?s data scientists help with building and integrating AI into security, legal services, smart home automation, and more. The company delivers solutions for online learning, NLP, statistical inference, and hypothesis testing, to mention but a few.
Founded: 1998
Location: Denver, CO
Employees: 50-249
Major Clients: US Navy, AT&T, Cochlear, TomTom, Pearson, Dish
Core Services: Custom Software Development, UI/UX Design
Rate per hour: $150 – $199
Website: https://www.spiredigital.com/
15. iTexico
For almost 10 years of operation, iTexico has completed hundreds of software development projects, including several complex AI solutions. For this purpose, the company has created the AI Competency Center that delivers its services for AI applications creation and for business integration with AI technology.
In order to successfully introduce the technology into various business processes, iTexico uses Jitterbit platform that provides a good number of AI opportunities.
Founded: 2010
Location: Austin, TX
Employees: 50-249
Major Clients: Carbon Black, J.J. Keller, Cariloop, HomeAway, Monin
Core Services: Custom Software Development, Mobile App Development
Rate per hour: $25 – $49
Website: https://www.itexico.com/
16. Tooploox
Tooploox is a Poland-based software development enterprise trusted by such companies as TedX, NowThis, and DTS. Regardless of industry and company size, Tooploox?s team of computer vision and NLP engineers delivers AI-powered software solutions of varying complexity.
Besides the development of AI solutions for audio analysis, NLP and computer vision, Tooploox has devised a method of tracking anomalies in social media users? behavior. The company supports its clients during all the stages of software development and delivers maintaining services after their completion.
Founded: 2012
Location: Wroc?aw, Poland
Employees: 50-249
Major Clients: NowThis, TedX, Samba TV, Domodi, HappyCow, DTS
Core Services: Mobile App Development, Artificial Intelligence
Rate per hour: $50 – $99
Website: https://www.tooploox.com/
17. Waverley
In order to augment a customer?s business capabilities, Waverley provides a good number of AI and machine learning services. The company?s dedicated development team of data scientists deliver technical research and AI-powered software development.
Waverley focuses on the development of neural network-based AI software, machine learning recommendations systems, AI-powered chatbots, and software for user behavior analytics.
Founded: 1992
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Employees: 50-249
Major Clients: Matrixx, Nespresso, Toyota, Mozilla, Vodafone
Core Services: Custom Software Development, IoT Development, Mobile App Development
Rate per hour: $25 – $49
Website: https://waverleysoftware.com/
18. E2logy
With more than 300 successfully completed projects, E2logy is a software development company that provides a whole range of AI solutions. By using Amazon Web Services and Azure AI platforms, the company has already reshaped hundreds of businesses. The company?s AI professionals deliver AI-powered bots and other ML- and DL-based solutions and integrate them into all the necessary business processes.
Video: https://images.e2logy.com/images/videos/e2logy-promo-video-final.mp4
Founded: 2005
Location: Ahmedabad, India
Employees: 50-249
Major Clients: McMillian Publishers, Polaris Industries, Vodafone
Core Services: Custom Software Development, Artificial Intelligence, Web Development
Rate per hour: < $25
Website: https://e2logy.com/
19. MTR Design
Bulgaria-based MTR Design is a software development consultancy that delivers a number of services for AI-powered web development. Working with companies of different sizes, MTR Design gained experience in development for such industries as Energy, Healthcare, Social Media, and Travel. Besides AI development itself, the company helps its clients offering AI consulting.
Founded: 2005
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Employees: 10-49
Major Clients: Pfizer, River Cottage, The Telegraph, Channel 4
Core Services: Web Development, Artificial Intelligence, Custom Software Development
Rate per hour: $50 – $99
Website: https://mtr-design.com/
20. Computools
Founded in 2013, Computools is a US-based software development company that provides AI solutions for FinTech, Ecommerce, Media, Fashion, Real Estate, Healthcare, and Education. The company has cooperated with such respected clients as Dior, Visa, and IBM.
Computools successfully develops AI software that can be used in the following spheres: audit (for processing more information spending less time), recruiting (solutions for better search of the right candidate), and the management of logistics, insurance, and ecommerce processes.
Founded: 2013
Location: Camden, Wyoming
Employees: 50-249
Major Clients: Epson, Visa, Dior, IBM, eToro
Core Services: Custom Software Development, Mobile App Development
Rate per hour: $25 – $49
Website: https://computools.com/
21. MicroscopeIT
Back in 2012, MicroscopeIT started delivering AI software for medical diagnostics and scientific research units. Over time, it has increased the scope and completed several projects in robotics and other spheres that required AI implementation.
The company focuses on delivering AI solutions for the following industries: Life Sciences, Financial Services, Production, and Retail. Combining the scientific approach and robust technologies, MicroscopeIT catered to such clients as Google and NASA.
Founded: 2012
Location: Wroc?aw, Poland
Employees: 10-49
Major Clients: University of Zurich, Nikon, Google, Leica, AMD, Nvidia
Core Services: Artificial Intelligence, Custom Software Development
Rate per hour: $50 – $99
Website: http://www.microscopeit.com/
22. TogetherData
TogetherData is an IT company that actively uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop software solutions for businesses from various industries. It delivers audit, consulting, and full-scale product development processes.
Among the most popular company?s AI services are empowering CRMs with AI, delivering AI solutions for marketing processes automation, and the creation of intelligent chatbots.
Founded: 2016
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Employees: 50-249
Major Clients: Not revealed
Core Services: Artificial Intelligence, Custom Software Development
Rate per hour: $150 – $199
Website: https://togetherdata.com/en/front-page
23. Softengi
Softengi is a custom software development company that delivers IT solutions empowered by artificial intelligence. The company has extensive experience in data collection, data mining, and machine learning, having delivered several projects involving predictive analytics and chatbot development.
Since 1995, the company has successfully completed more than 800 projects. Besides that, it was thrice included in IAOP?s Global Outsourcing Top 100 list.
Founded: 1995
Location: Luton, United Kingdom
Employees: 250-999
Major Clients: Boeing, Zeppelin, JSC Bank of Georgia, Aziot
Core Services: Custom Software Development, Artificial Intelligence
Rate per hour: $25 – $49
Website: http://www.softengi.com/
24. InboundMuse
Founded in 2015, Dublin-based InboundMuse is a rather young DeepTech agency. It provides a wide range of services related to artificial intelligence and blockchain. The company has domain expertise in Finance, Digital Marketing, and Recruitment. For example, InboundMuse develops AI-powered software solutions for marketing automation and better candidate search.
Having a team based all around Europe, InboundMuse works with big companies and small startups from Europe, Central America, and Asia.
Founded: 2015
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Employees: 2-9
Major Clients: Not revealed
Core Services: Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, BI & Big Data Consulting & SI
Rate per hour: $50 – $99
Website: http://www.inboundmuse.com/
25. Akira Analytics
Founded in 2014, Akira Analytics is an AI and data science consulting company. Using all the power of AI, the company delivers customized solutions for the following industries: Infrastructure, Healthcare, Public Safety, Telecom, Cyber Security, and more.
The company provides a wide range of AI services, including real-time data processing and big data analytics. The company has also created its Akira AI Development platform for Engineering, Data Science, and Enterprises.
Founded: 2014
Location: Chandigarh, India
Employees: 10-49
Major Clients: 4Flow, SunLife, Jumbo.ai, Pacific.ai
Core Services: Artificial Intelligence, BI & Big Data Consulting & SI
Rate per hour: $50 – $99
Website: https://www.akiraanalytics.com/
26. Boldare
Being a child of a software development company Xsolve and a web design agency Chilid, Boldare is a company that manifests itself in both of these fields. It provides quality solutions powered by AI. The company?s AI developers have expertise in both ?traditional? machine learning and deep learning.
Boldare provides full-scale AI product development, including R&D, engineering, implementation, and maintenance. The company?s specialists can also deliver services for full integration between a customer?s current software and ML-based systems.
Video: https://www.boldare.com/static/wind-turbine-ee675136a2b5dd6691f6d316a6292b84.mp4
Founded: 2004
Location: Gliwice, Poland
Employees: 50-249
Major Clients: BlaBlaCar, Sonnen, Virgin Radio Oman, Corel, BOSCH
Core Services: Custom Software Development, Product Design, Artificial Intelligence
Rate per hour: $50 – $99
Website: https://www.boldare.com/
27. Stermedia
Founded in 2007, Stermedia has already delivered dozens of AI solutions. Having AI as its main service line, the company helps businesses of different sizes, from huge enterprises to startups.
Stermedia provides its services in designing AI algorithms and in building models and tools for machine and deep learning. Using AI and ML, the company develops software solutions for NLP and image analysis.
Founded: 2007
Location: Wroclaw, Poland
Employees: 10-49
Major Clients: Family Fabric, Poczta Polska, Polish Wind Energy Association
Core Services: Artificial Intelligence, Custom Software Development, Mobile App Development
Rate per hour: $50 – $99
Website: https://stermedia.ai/
28. Addepto
Addepto is a company that is especially intensive in delivering BI solutions based on artificial intelligence.
In order to do this, it creates AI-powered software solutions and provides customized business intelligence services to large enterprises, software development companies, and startups. Addepto has already tried its hand in such industries as Manufacturing, Logistics, Retail, Finance, etc.
Founded: 2017
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Employees: 10-49
Major Clients: Not revealed
Core Services: Artificial Intelligence, BI & Big Data Consulting & SI
Rate per hour: $50 – $99
Website: https://www.addepto.com/
29. Spartans
Spartans is a global agency that provides a number of solutions for interface innovation. The company?s services include AI and AR/VR development. Established in 2016, the company has already created a number of AI-based solutions for better hiring, financial engagement, and more.
The company focuses on working with different-sized companies from the Automotive, Transportation, Real Estate, Retail, Finance, and HR industries.
Founded: 2016
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
Employees: 10-49
Major Clients: Not revealed
Core Services: Artificial Intelligence, AR/VR Development
Rate per hour: $50 – $99
Website: https://www.spartans.tech/
30. Enbisys
Founded in 2006 in Tomsk, Russia, Enbisys started as a custom software development company. Being today one of the leading software development providers, it successfully uses all the AI potential. The company creates solutions for clients from a large number of industries and with immensely different requests.
Using machine learning techniques, the company develops solutions for predictive analytics and BI. It also builds AI assistance tools for image recognition.
Video: https://youtu.be/r391CTiYbVs
Founded: 2006
Location: Tomsk, Russia
Employees: 50-249
Major Clients: ProMedico, Pharmeon, DotWeb
Core Services: Custom Software Development, Artificial Intelligence
Rate per hour: $50 – $99
Website: https://www.enbisys.com/
31. Unibot
Unibot is a company that focuses on bot development. In order to bring communication between a client and a business to a whole new level and create interactive and user-friendly digital interlocutors, Unibot has gathered together a team of experienced and talented developers, creative writers, and digital marketers.
Using the AI potential, Unibot develops a chat idea, designs a conversational script, uses NLP (Natural Language processing)/databases/API integration, provides QA services, and finally integrates a bot into the messaging platform. The company delivers bots for the Ecommerce, Finance, and Entertainment industries.
Founded: 2016
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Employees: 2-9
Major Clients: Leo Bot, Baku City Circuit, Kyiv Zoo
Core Services: Artificial Intelligence, Web Development, Custom Software Development
Rate per hour: $25 – $49
Website: https://unibot.ai/
Conclusion
More and more artificial intelligence and machine learning companies are making their way onto the market all the time. Consider one of the fantastic companies above.