Jesus Mantas, managing partner at IBM's Global Business Services unit, spoke to Cheddar from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, about how Big Blue is building artificial intelligence systems for consumer and business applications.

Jesus Mantas, managing partner of global strategy, offerings, digital platforms, innovation and ecosystem engagement at IBM Corp: “In the digital world, being really good at something is a lot more important than in the analog world. I call it either thrive or die very quickly.”

For example, IBM’s Jeopardy project was more than just a publicity stunt. From a research perspective, the challenges to demonstrate a working open-domain artificial intelligence system were enormous...IBM’s head of Consulting Strategy and Cognitive Assets, Jesus Mantas, explained that winning the game show was about challenging what was possible. 

Jesus Mantas, managing partner, IBM Global Business Services, says: "Most banks are constrained by their legacy core banking systems. Vault offers the first core banking platform built in the cloud from the ground up..."