Graph database market maintains momentum, new Neo4j 5 offers cloud and on-premises ease of use and parity

Graph database market maintains momentum, new Neo4j 5 offers cloud and on-premises ease of use and parity

Graph platform Neo4j today announced the general availability of Neo4j 5, the latest version of its cloud-ready graph database. Neo4j is following up on its achievements in 2021, which include surpassing $100 million in annual recurring revenue, closing a $325M series F financing round at over $2B valuation, which it calls “the largest funding round in database history,” and launching a free tier of its fully managed cloud service.

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Trends in data and AI: Ben Lorica on cloud, platforms, models and Pegacorns

Trends in data and AI: Ben Lorica on cloud, platforms, models and Pegacorns

As Ben Lorica will readily admit, at the risk of dating himself, he belongs to the first generation of data scientists. In addition to having served as Chief Data Scientist for the likes of Databricks and O’Reilly, Lorica advises and works with a number of venture capitals, startups and enterprises, conducts surveys, and chairs some […]

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Salesforce’s AI Economist research wants to explore the equilibrium between equality and productivity

Salesforce’s AI Economist research wants to explore the equilibrium between equality and productivity

Economic theory is known to be constrained by a number of inefficiencies in its modeling. Salesforce researchers claim AI can help address that, leading to more robust economic policies. 2016 was a pivotal year for Salesforce. That was when the company acquired MetaMind, “an enterprise AI platform that worked in medical imaging and eCommerce images […]

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Fair forecast? How 180 meteorologists are delivering ‘good enough’ weather data

Fair forecast? How 180 meteorologists are delivering ‘good enough’ weather data

Weather forecasts, too, are all about data and models these days. But balancing accuracy and viability is a fine act, especially on a global scale and when the stakes are high. What’s a good enough weather prediction? That’s a question most people probably don’t give much thought to, as the answer seems obvious — an […]

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