Author Ari Kaplan

As the effects of social distancing continue to impact every industry, the retail, sports, and gaming industries are no exception. Supply chains are being redefined. Demand forecasting is more volatile than ever. Companies are moving online, and there is triage in decisions from distribution center planning to product repricing. In parts one and two of this series, we discussed how…

As the world continues to face the global COVID-19 pandemic, AI technology is helping companies minimize disruption with AI-driven forecasting and strategy. In part 1 of this series, we discussed how the healthcare and insurance industries can become more resilient and adapt to their new reality. In this article, we cover how banking, FinTech, and financial markets can mitigate some…

The COVID-19 outbreak is causing complex repercussions as it spreads at unprecedented speed, overwhelming healthcare systems globally and affecting all other industries. The global health emergency coupled with an oil price war has triggered an economic downturn. Companies, customers, suppliers, and employees are trying to cope with a situation nobody was prepared for, including the complete cessation of activity in…

At DataRobot, we love problems that involve large sets of data, discrete cause-and-effect events, and difficult predictions; which makes baseball the ideal playground for our data scientists. On our normal days, we work closely with our customers to build prediction models that demystify the future with advanced machine learning techniques. With the current lack of baseball games to watch and…

Americans love Halloween and will spend around $9 billion for the holiday season -- $2.7 billion on candy alone, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). This is a huge opportunity for consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies that produce candy and for many retailers to drive direct business and residual shopping traffic. The Halloween season sounds great for retailers, but…

There have been anecdotal complaints that the postseason baseball is deader than its regular-season counterpart, so we used DataRobot to analyze 100k+ batted balls in 2019.  Something is up with baseball this year. On Wednesday, October 9th, the Los Angeles Dodgers faced the Washington Nationals in an elimination Game 5 of the National League Division Series, and in the bottom…