Watson’s $1B boost

PLANS FOR Watson are hardly elementary.

IBM said it will invest more than $1 billion in Watson, the supercomputer that famously outperformed its human competition on TV game show “Jeopardy” in 2011.

The tech company is building a new business unit for the Watson system in Manhattan, where it will employ 2,000 workers at an Astor Place site.

The investment includes $100 million in venture funding for businesses that develop apps powered by Watson.