AI applications, chips, deep tech, and geopolitics in 2019: The stakes have never been higher

The state of AI in 2019 report analysis with report author, AI expert, and venture capitalist Nathan Benaich continues. High-profile applications, funding, and the politics of AI
Read More →The state of AI in 2019: Breakthroughs in machine learning, natural language processing, games, and knowledge graphs

A tour de force on progress in AI, by some of the world's leading experts and venture capitalists.
Read More →Salesforce open sources research to advance state of the art in AI for common sense reasoning

Deep learning is great for many applications, but common sense reasoning is not one of them. New research from Salesforce promises to alleviate this, advancing previous results by a considerable margin.
Read More →Multi-cloud data catalogs the easy way, using metadata and machine learning by Waterline Data

Data governance is drudgery, but in the post-GDPR world, it's beyond foundational. It's essential. Waterline Data wants to help do it the easy way, automating as much of it as possible.
Read More →Data.world joins forces with Capsenta to bring knowledge graph-based data management to the enterprise

Data.world has been expanding its footprint in the enterprise. The acqui-hiring of Capsenta complements its portfolio with knowledge graph virtualization to connect data in the cloud and on premise, and a UI to build knowledge graphs
Read More →Hazelcast open source in-memory data grid secures $21.5 million funding, expands platform to real-time streaming data

The streaming data pie is growing, and Hazelcast wants a piece of it. It's got some way to go, funding helps, but is it enough?
Read More →The Graph: An open-source query protocol for blockchains, using GraphQL

Querying blockchains is hard, but it does not have to be. This is the vision driving The Graph.
Read More →Chainlink launches Mainnet to get data in and out of Ethereum smart contracts

Smart contracts promise to take execution of processes and agreements to the Ethereum global computer. There's just one problem: Smart contracts can't talk to the rest of the world. Chainlink wants to solve this, starting today.
Read More →On the Rookout for live data: Instant observability to fix software bugs and open AI black boxes

Getting data to debug your code while running in production, without stopping or redeploying it. Whatever you may be running, wherever you may be running it. And now, with support for open source machine learning frameworks Apache Spark and Tensorflow added to the mix. This is what startup Rookout promises.
Read More →A standard for storing big data? Apache Spark creators release open-source Delta Lake

From data lakes to data swamps and back again. Data reliability, as in transactional support, is one of the pain-points keeping organizations from getting the most out of their data lakes. Delta Lake is here to address this.
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