Coronavirus turmoil fuels the rise of AI-powered companies

CHICAGO (Reuters) - For the past seven years, a Munich-based firm called riskmethods has tried to interest companies in buying software that allows them to track all their suppliers in a way that minimizes risks in operating globally spread supply chains.Until recently, that has been a tough sell.But in the wake of mass disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, riskmethods' subscribers have increased by 20%, and requests for trials of its risk-intelligence services in the current quarter..