SoftBank-backed Taiwanese AI startup buys Japanese peer

Appier acquires tech that nudges shoppers to buy online WATARU SUZUKI, Nikkei staff writer | OCTOBER 16, 2019 00:26 JST Source: NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW TOKYO — SoftBank Group-backed Appier, a Taiwan-founded artificial-intelligence startup that counts Carrefour and Estee Lauder as clients, has acquired Japanese peer Emotion Intelligence to expand its data-marketing business across Asia. Emotion’s key…