Archives for February, 2019 - Page 21

08 Feb

Databricks’ Recent $250 Mn Funding Shows How The Spark Creators Are Ahead In The AI Game

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If there is one key takeaway from Databricks’ recent and much talked about $250 million funding — that there is a dramatic increase in venture financing of big data, cloud and AI technologies. In fact, analysts have pointed out that these three sectors — artificial intelligence, big data and cloud — have significantly exceeded valuation…

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08 Feb

FourKites To Hire 200 Techies In Chennai With Their New $50 Million Funding

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  India and the US-based Freight tracking Logistics startup, FourKites has raised $50 million in Series funding to expand their India team. The latest round of funding includes existing Silicon Valley-based investors such as August Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, CEAS Investments and Hyde Park Angels. The company set up in 2014 has raised $101.5 million…

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08 Feb

FourKites To Hire 200 Techies In Chennai With Their New $50 Million Funding

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  India and the US-based Freight tracking Logistics startup, FourKites has raised $50 million in Series funding to expand their India team. The latest round of funding includes existing Silicon Valley-based investors such as August Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, CEAS Investments and Hyde Park Angels. The company set up in 2014 has raised $101.5 million…

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08 Feb

Amazon’s Former Director Of AI Will Take Charge As Landi.AI’s VP Engineering

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  Former director of computer vision and artificial intelligence at Amazon, Gopi Prashanth, will take charge as Landing.ai’s VP engineering, where he will be overseeing the company’s venture expansion to other industrial verticals. At Landing.ai, an enterprise automation company, Prashanth will be also be charged with the company’s software development team and meet a growing demand…

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08 Feb

Amazon’s Former Director Of AI Will Take Charge As Landi.AI’s VP Engineering

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  Former director of computer vision and artificial intelligence at Amazon, Gopi Prashanth, will take charge as Landing.ai’s VP engineering, where he will be overseeing the company’s venture expansion to other industrial verticals. At Landing.ai, an enterprise automation company, Prashanth will be also be charged with the company’s software development team and meet a growing demand…

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08 Feb

How To Build Scalable Data Science Teams For SMEs

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Small and Medium Enterprises are now able to access tools that allow them to leverage data to make deep insights into the multiple facets of their operations. Machine learning-as-a-service is beginning to rise up, which can be attributed to vendors such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google. These vendors provide an opportunity for companies to dip…

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08 Feb

How To Build Scalable Data Science Teams For SMEs

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Small and Medium Enterprises are now able to access tools that allow them to leverage data to make deep insights into the multiple facets of their operations. Machine learning-as-a-service is beginning to rise up, which can be attributed to vendors such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google. These vendors provide an opportunity for companies to dip…

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08 Feb

How SoftBank’s Vision Fund Is Powering AI and Analytics Indian Startups

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Japanese investment giant SoftBank Investment Advisers, which invests through the SoftBank Vision Fund, has been consistently strengthening its play in the Indian technology ecosystem. Over the last few years, it has invested heavily in tech startups from India especially those working with analytics, machine learning, robotics and data science. With an announcement to open an…

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08 Feb

How SoftBank’s Vision Fund Is Powering AI and Analytics Indian Startups

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Japanese investment giant SoftBank Investment Advisers, which invests through the SoftBank Vision Fund, has been consistently strengthening its play in the Indian technology ecosystem. Over the last few years, it has invested heavily in tech startups from India especially those working with analytics, machine learning, robotics and data science. With an announcement to open an…

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08 Feb

How To Leverage Data And Analytics To Launch Successful Products

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Image Source: Uber The business world is changing at a fast pace with digital innovation driving growth. Enterprises, even outside the technology domain are now utilising data-driven insights for understanding the customer needs, industry trends as well as competitive landscape. So far, the basic strategy for launching a new product was through due diligence but…

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