I recently had the opportunity to speak at a number of Data For Breakfast events as part of DataRobot’s strategic partnership with Snowflake. The event series delivers content and best practices on advancements in cloud data analytics and data science. Since I usually skip breakfast – intermittently fasting in a desperate attempt to be healthy – I was glad to…

Data science teams are scrambling to update their models in the wake of extreme and unforeseen worldwide changes brought on by the global COVID-19 pandemic. In the face of these unprecedented events, one of the key concerns among many data scientists is that their current models could be generating inaccurate or misleading predictions. In the webinar, AI in Turbulent Times:…

After a decade of relative economic stability, we are now confronted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many financial analysts labelling it as a ‘black swan’ event. A ‘black swan’ is a metaphor for something unexpected which has a major impact. These type of events can cause significant disruption to business processes, financial markets, and our lives. Black swans prompt us…

If you’re not already doing AI, machine learning, or some form of advanced analytical project, research from McKinsey indicates that it’s now or never. Their conclusion, in a nutshell, is that laggards might never be able to catch up to the early adopters. If you’ve got AI or ML projects underway, the next question you can turn your attention to…

As a majority of counties have already detected COVID-19 cases, today (4/1/2020) is our last update. Our data science team is switching to other projects related to COVID-19. With the fight against COVID-19 spreading across the U.S. and the world, DataRobot understands it is essential that federal government entities convey accurate information to citizens, local governments, and healthcare providers. Towards…

You’ve heard about how AI and machine learning are transforming businesses across industries and around the world, but you don’t know how they’ve done it or even where to start. Figuring out the right problems to solve with machine learning can be a daunting exercise. Where are the good opportunities to leverage AI within your organization? What problems are best…

If you’re a commercial insurer, how do you evaluate your claims personnel? How do those evaluations impact your decisions on how to deploy individual adjusters? Typically, adjusters are assigned by pre-determined categories such as the line of business, size of the account, or region. Within these categories, adjuster performance is measured by various metrics, including closed-claims ratio, average time to…

In a recent webinar, Paxata's Senior Product Marketing Manager Mike White and I demonstrated Paxata's unique ability to eliminate the most common bottleneck in AI and machine learning. 80 percent of time spent on AI and machine learning efforts is wasted exploring, combining, and shaping data. Three critical but easily overcome obstacles create that problem, and Paxata makes quick work…

For the fourth year in a row, we’ve been named one of the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence startups by CB Insights for our pioneering approach to democratizing enterprise AI. CB Insights’ AI 100 list recognizes the most promising and impressive private AI companies worldwide. The AI field is rapidly expanding – Crunchbase currently lists more than 13,000 companies who…