The Snowflake IPO is shaping up to be particularly exciting. Their S-1 shows very impressive metrics across the board, including explosive revenue growth at scale (growing 174% annually to $264.7 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2020), and “land and expand” motion (169% net revenue ret| Matt Turck
A member of our Emerging MAD Index of companies on their path to an IPO, Confluent is a very interesting company in a strategic part of the data space, providing infrastructure for real-time data streaming - what it nicely calls "data in motion", in contrast to the world of batch processing or "data| Matt Turck
For anyone following the software industry, there’s been a little bit of snark about C3.ai ("C3") over the years. Here’s a company that was founded by Silicon Valley royalty (Tom Siebel, who sold Siebel Systems to Oracle in 2006 for just shy of $6B), with seemingly limitless access to capital, that| Matt Turck
As is usually the case with fast-advancing technologies, AI has inspired massive FOMO , FUD and feuds. Some of it is deserved, some of it not — but the industry is paying attention. From stealth hardware startups to fintech giants to public institutions, teams are feverishly working on their AI strategy. It all comes down to one crucial, high-stakes question: ‘How do we use AI and machine learning to get better at what we do?’| hackernoon.com
At Synthesia, our commitment to AI ethics is rooted in a people-first philosophy. Learn more about ethical use of AI, guided by the 3Cs framework (Consent, Control, and Collaboration).| www.synthesia.io
Our cool new house needs one more plank in its foundation.| benn.substack.com
There are problems with the centralized data lake. A future data mesh needs domains, self-service platforms, and product thinking.| martinfowler.com