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Sequoia backs open source data-validation framework Pydantic to commercialize with cloud services

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Pydantic , the popular Python library and open source data-validation framework used by some of the world’s biggest companies, has a new commercial namesake and the backing of one of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture capital (VC) firms. Pydantic Services Inc. emerges from stealth today with $4.7 and Europe.

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Bobidi launches to reward developers for testing companies’ AI models

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Assuming Choi’s estimations are rooted in fact, Bobidi bucks the trend in the data science industry, which tends to pay data validators and labelers poorly. “We believe that the era of big data is ending and we’re about to enter the new era of quality data. Today, Bobidi closed a $5.5

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Stemma launches with $4.8M seed to build managed data catalogue

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Company co-founder and CEO Mark Grover says the product is actually built on top of the open-source Amundsen data catalogue project that he helped launch at Lyft to manage its massive data requirements. The problem was that with so much data, employees had to kludge together systems to confirm the data validity.

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5 investors discuss the future of RPA after UiPath’s IPO

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To learn about all of this, we queried the following investors: Mallun Yen , founder and partner, Operator Collective. Ed Sim , founder and managing partner, Boldstart Ventures. These are mostly data entry and data validation jobs. Jai Das , partner and president, Sapphire Ventures.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. It would take 2 years to catch up but believe me they have the capital to do so. Validate data. Validate firmly held positions. Read plenty of “what went wrong” eulogies by founders and see what you can learn. Conclusion.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Lordstown Motors’ woes, how co-CEOs work, Brian Chesky interview

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Oh, it also needs more capital. May 27 Clubhouse chat: How to ensure data quality in the era of Big Data. Join TechCrunch reporter Ron Miller and Patrik Liu Tran, co-founder and CEO of automated real-time data validation and quality monitoring platform Validio, on Thursday, May 27 at 9 a.m.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Jam City SPAC, startup PR, telemedicine market map, more

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billion blank-check deal with DPCM Capital. Lew Cirne, New Relic’s founder and CEO, is stepping into the executive chairman role. Perhaps that will unlock more late-stage capital for hardware-focused upstarts. But there’s a simple way to speed up the clock: Bring in one or more founders who have previous executive experience.

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