Machine learning requires a lot of nuts and bolts devops type stuff that isn't directly related to the problem you're trying to solve. I think it's a shame that a lot of this stuff gets reinvented at different companies and kept under a cloak of secrecy.

Any part of the problem that is not specifically related to the company's vision should be part of a communal effort make machine learning and AI tractable.

Companies should compete on their core Mission and cooperate on all the plumbing.