Despite Downturn, Demand for MLOps and MLflow Professionals on the Rise. It’s no secret that the tech industry has been hit hard during this economic downturn, with job postings in major tech hubs across the U.S. dropping significantly in Q4. Despite this, it’s not all bad news – we saw an increase in demand forContinue reading “At A Glance: Tech Industry Job Postings Drop in Q4 of 2022”
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2023 Trends And Themes: Data, Machine Learning, AI
Subscribe • Previous Issues FREE Report: 2023 Opportunities and Trends In our annual report, we’ve compiled the most important information on the cutting-edge trends in data infrastructure, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. It’s a must-read for anyone who wants to stay informed on the key issues shaping these fields. With 13 sections covering everything from the latestContinue reading “2023 Trends And Themes: Data, Machine Learning, AI”
At A Glance: Stock Prices of Major Automakers in 2022
We plot the movement in stock prices of a few major automobile manufacturers (through 2022-12-30). Time-series were normalized to have the same starting value of 100. It’s been a tough year, particularly for Tesla: Percentage Change (end of 2021 to 2022-12-30) ranged from a slight gain of 1.7% for BMW, to a 65% decline inContinue reading “At A Glance: Stock Prices of Major Automakers in 2022”
At A Glance: S&P 500 and Bitcoin
We examine the S&P 500 and the price of a Bitcoin (BTC-USD) over the last five years (since 2017-12-05). Time-series were normalized to have the same starting value of 100. It’s been a wild ride – the Bitcoin price chart is visually a rollercoaster: Bitcoin is negatively correlated with the S&P 500 (over the pastContinue reading “At A Glance: S&P 500 and Bitcoin”
Confidential Computing and Machine Learning
Measuring the popularity and exploring the readiness of Confidential Computing tools. In order to have a comprehensive data protection and privacy policy, organizations must ensure the confidentiality and integrity of your data in these states: at rest, in use, and in transit. We previously reviewed the ecosystem of tools for protecting data while in use.Continue reading “Confidential Computing and Machine Learning”
Tech companies are gearing up for the Metaverse
Major technology companies are investing in the Metaverse. Enterprises should take early action to stay ahead of the curve. In the aughts, I was a user and proponent of earlier versions of virtual worlds (specifically of Second Life). Unfortunately, the technology was clunky and the user base never really grew beyond a few hundred thousandContinue reading “Tech companies are gearing up for the Metaverse”
The Business Intelligence Index
Measuring the popularity of BI tools In a recent post on trends in machine learning, we predicted that there will be more no-code/low-code ML tools available to non-programmers. The potential market for such tools is immense given that the number of analysts dwarf the number of data scientists and data engineers. Due to improvements inContinue reading “The Business Intelligence Index”
Distributed Computing for AI: A Status Report
An update on the central role of distributed computing in modern AI. By Ben Lorica and Kenn So. In our previous post we introduced a class of AI startups (“pegacorns”) that have at least $100 million in annual revenue. Many of the AI pegacorns sell applications rather than infrastructure, and many of their founders citedContinue reading “Distributed Computing for AI: A Status Report”
The Data Integration Market
By Ben Lorica. As much as I like talking and writing about machine learning and AI, I am equally keen to point out there are also many impressive1 startups in the data engineering and data infrastructure (DE) category. DE companies address fundamentals that need to be in place before companies can rely on reports andContinue reading “The Data Integration Market”
Most State-Of-The-Art AI Systems Are Trained With Extra Data
According to the 2022 AI Index Report, nine state-of-the-art AI systems out of the ten benchmarks they tested against are trained with extra data. By Ben Lorica. Stanford’s AI Index Report has just come out – one of my favorite annual reads. This report tracks several metrics including performance on machine learning benchmarks, volume ofContinue reading “Most State-Of-The-Art AI Systems Are Trained With Extra Data”