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Category: knowledge connexions
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GoodData and Visa: A common data-driven future?
From user, to partner and investor. That’s not a very common scenario for software vendors, especially if the user-cum-partner-investor is someone like Visa. GoodData is evolving more than its relationship with select users. GoodData, one of the key players in business intelligence and analytics, today announced a partnership with Visa. This is an interesting development…
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AI chips in 2020: Nvidia and the challengers
Now that the dust from Nvidia’s unveiling of its new Ampere AI chip has settled, let’s take a look at the AI chip market behind the scenes and away from the spotlight Few people, Nvidia’s competitors included, would dispute the fact that Nvidia is calling the shots in the AI chip game today. The announcement…
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AI chips in 2020: Nvidia and the challengers
Now that the dust from Nvidia’s unveiling of its new Ampere AI chip has settled, let’s take a look at the AI chip market behind the scenes and away from the spotlight Few people, Nvidia’s competitors included, would dispute the fact that Nvidia is calling the shots in the AI chip game today. The announcement…
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Scientific fact-checking using AI language models: COVID-19 research and beyond
Fact or fiction? That’s not always an easy question to answer. Incomplete knowledge, context and bias typically come into play. In the nascent domain of scientific fact checking, things are complicated. If you think fact-checking is hard, which it is, then what would you say about verifying scientific claims, on COVID-19 no less? Hint: it’s…
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Scientific fact-checking using AI language models: COVID-19 research and beyond
Fact or fiction? That’s not always an easy question to answer. Incomplete knowledge, context and bias typically come into play. In the nascent domain of scientific fact checking, things are complicated. If you think fact-checking is hard, which it is, then what would you say about verifying scientific claims, on COVID-19 no less? Hint: it’s…
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Compute to data: using blockchain to decentralize data science and AI with the Ocean Protocol
The conflict between access to data and data sovereignty is key to understanding how AI works, and moving it forward. The Ocean Protocol Foundation wants to help resolve that conflict, by introducing a way of letting AI work with data without giving up control. AI and its machine learning algorithms need data to work. By…
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Single point of control, database security as a service: jSonar gets $50 million funding from Goldman Sachs
Why would Goldman Sachs invest a hefty amount into a previously little known company working on something unsexy like database security? Let’s face it: database security is not the most appealing topic for most people. Ron Bennatan, CTO and co-founder of jSonar, is very aware of it. That, however, has not stopped him and the…
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Another globally distributed cloud native SQL database on the rise: Yugabyte Raises $30 million in Series B Funding
Your good old on-premise SQL database is in terminal decline. Being a pure-play open-source cloud-native PostgreSQL, while offering Apache Cassandra and GraphQL interfaces, is what you need, says Yugabyte. It’s not a coincidence — it’s a trend. Another globally distributed cloud native SQL database is getting a hefty amount of funding. This time, it’s Yugabyte.…
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Another globally distributed cloud native SQL database on the rise: Yugabyte Raises $30 million in Series B Funding
Your good old on-premise SQL database is in terminal decline. Being a pure-play open-source cloud-native PostgreSQL, while offering Apache Cassandra and GraphQL interfaces, is what you need, says Yugabyte. It’s not a coincidence — it’s a trend. Another globally distributed cloud native SQL database is getting a hefty amount of funding. This time, it’s Yugabyte.…
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Streamlit wants to revolutionize building machine learning and data science applications, scores $21 million Series A funding
Streamlit wants to be for data science what business intelligence tools have been for databases: A quick way to get to results, without bothering much with the details We were confused at first when we got the news. We interpreted “application framework for machine learning and data science” to mean some new framework for working…