big data
Omni looks to take on Looker with its cloud-powered BI platform
There’s been an explosion of business intelligence (BI) tools in recent years, or tools that analyze and convert raw data into info for use in decision making. Investments in them are on the ris
Armed with $19.5M, LiveEO plots a big data course between satellite geospatial information and industry
When it comes to geospatial and mapping data and how they are leveraged by organizations, satellites continue to play a critical role when it comes to sourcing raw information. Getting that raw data i
Arena raises money from Peter Thiel and David Petraeus for its decision-making AI
Can AI automate enterprise decision-making? It’s an exceptionally broad and challenging task — assuming it’s within the realm of possibility. But that’s what startup Arena clai
SingleStore raises additional cash to grow its database business
SingleStore, a provider of databases for cloud and on-premises apps and analytical systems, today announced that it raised $116 million in an extension of its Series F. The new cash brings the company
IBM acquires Databand to bolster its data observability stack
IBM today announced that it acquired Databand, a startup developing an observability platform for data and machine learning pipelines. Details of the deal weren’t disclosed, but Tel Aviv-based D
Snowplow secures fresh cash to capture and create behavioral data
Snowplow, a platform designed to create data for AI and business intelligence applications, today announced that it raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by NEA, Snowplow investors, Atlan
Black Swan analyzes social media to predict which products will be successful
Consumer packaged goods companies — think PepsiCo or Nabisco — face steep challenges from the rising cost of living and distribution. As inflation continues unabated, consumers’ disp
Validio, a data quality platform based out of Sweden, emerges from stealth with $15M
Data quality has been shaping up as a salient and increasingly critical part of the world of data science: Enterprises are sitting on growing troves of information, but it’s only useful if we ca
DataStax proves it’s still possible to raise nine-figures at higher valuation in 2022
When DataStax hired Chet Kapoor as CEO in October 2019, one of the first moves he made was to bring in his old pal Sam Ramji to be chief strategy officer, someone he had worked with for many years and
LatchBio empowers scientists with a code-free platform for handling big biotech data
Biologists and other scientists are confronted these days with a deep sea of data and a bewildering panoply of tools to apply to it — many of which require a specialist to operate. Hiring one is a c
The market for synthetic data is bigger than you think
To understand what's happening, but also what's coming if synthetic data does get more broadly adopted, we talked to various CEOs and VCs over the last few months.
Rethinking Databricks’ valuation amid a changing market
How much will the changing valuation of software companies impact the biggest private unicorns? Also, why hasn't Databricks gone public yet? The answer to the former might be the answer to the latter.
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Product analytics startup Kubit lands $18M in fresh capital
Showing that the product analytics industry is alive and well, Kubit today announced that it raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Insight Partners, bringing its total capital raised t
Ardoq, the enterprise architecture startup, raises $125M to help organizations make sense of their networks
As organizations continue to build out their digital architecture, a new category of enterprise software has emerged to help them manage that process. Now, Ardoq — which makes enterprise archite
thatDot launches Quine, a streaming graph engine
Portland, Oregon-based startup thatDot, which focuses on streaming event processing, today announced the launch of Quine, a new MIT-licensed open source project for data engineers that combines event
Stop guessing your KPIs; Varos shows e-commerce, SaaS companies how you compare to peers
Varos is shedding some light on how companies compare in terms of key performance indicators, like customer acquisition costs.
Superconductive, creators of Great Expectations, nabs $40M for a commercial version of its open source data quality tool
Data quality — the practice of testing and ensuring that the data and data sets you are using are what you expect them to be — has become a key component in the world of data science. Data
What does the new era of location intelligence hold for businesses?
Throughout the COVID-19 recovery era, location data is set to be a core ingredient for driving business intelligence and building sustainable consumer loyalty.
Firebolt, a data warehouse startup, raises $100M at a $1.4B valuation for faster, cheaper analytics on large data sets
Israeli startup Firebolt has been taking on Google’s BigQuery, Snowflake and others with a cloud data warehouse solution that it claims can run analytics on large data sets cheaper and faster th