A San Diego-based startup called Nervana Systems has raised a series A round for its specialized deep learning computing system. It’s a smart move given the hype and legitimate promise of… Read more »
A company called FarmLink has raised $40 million in equity capital to further its business of analyzing sensor data to determine how much food a field can ideally yield. It’s just… Read more »
Twitter has developed a system called BotMaker to deal with its spam problem. Essentially, BotMaker scans messages before they’re posted, after they’re posted, and as part of bulk data analyses in… Read more »
While online personalization has been around for a while, only now are things really lining up for implementing it in a truly meaningful way for consumers online, in stores, and interacting… Read more »
By offering users of its free software the same support it offers users of its paid software, MongoDB is actually making a pretty bold statement. As competitors encroach on its turf… Read more »
Tech all-star Diane Greene is ostensibly working on Demeterr, a super-secret SaaS company — application focus unknown — and is also investing in Datrium. Read more »
Paula Long, co-founder of EqualLogic, is back at it again, this time applying integrated search and analytics to your storage so it’s no longer a black box. Read more »
Three online communities have formed a partnership called DERP, aimed at helping academic researchers get access to data about their users — data that will be ethically acquired and open-sourced, the… Read more »
An interactive map created by Twitter’s head of data science shows the speed with which news about the unrest in Ferguson, Mo. spread across the world via the real-time social network Read more »