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This Japanese AI unicorn has big plans to use deep learning to fix 'real-world' problems

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Preferred Networks is a little-known name outside of Japan , but the Toyota -backed artificial intelligence unicorn has big plans to use deep learning to fix "real-world" issues.

The company has ventured into industries as varied as trucking, health care and robots.

Toyota invested 10.5 billion yen ( $95.4 million ) in the company on top of an initial 1 billion yen in 2015 .

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