If Bill Gates had to start all over again, he'd join the artificial intelligence arms race with an "AI-centric" startup, he says.
"Today, somebody could raise billions of dollars for a new AI company [that's just] a few sketch ideas," the billionaire Microsoft co-founder tells CNBC Make It.
Gates researched the AI industry for his upcoming Netflix docuseries "What's Next?
But AI will be transformative enough as it grows for any new tech startup to consider how it can fit into that industry, Gates says.
"I was lucky that my belief in software made me unique," says Gates, adding: "Just believing in AI, that's not very unique.
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