They acquired Geometric Intelligence a year(?) ago, and renamed them Uber AI. I think there is demand for Edward/PyMC3 backed by PyTorch instead of Tensorflow/Theano. Theano is being depreciated next year, which backs PyMC3.
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2016/decemb...
Seems okay, they are taking cues from Edward/WebPPL, and have some pretty good researchers, headed Gary Marcus.