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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

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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. The traction was enough to convince several investors to pledge money toward the venture. Today, Bobidi closed a $5.5

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

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Jai Das , partner and president, Sapphire Ventures. Soma Somasegar , managing director, Madrona Venture Group. Ed Sim , founder and managing partner, Boldstart Ventures. These are mostly data entry and data validation jobs. Laela Sturdy , general partner, CapitalG.

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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. That is how great businesses are built. We did the planning work up front. 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. 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. PDT/noon EDT for a Clubhouse chat about ensuring data quality in the era of Big Data.

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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. Perhaps that will unlock more late-stage capital for hardware-focused upstarts. According to data gathered by Rob Olson, partner and head of data strategy at venture engine M13, startups that have two or more experienced founders tend to exit 33% faster and raise 34% less capital.

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