DataRobot Blog

For the second year in a row, DataRobot has been named one of the most promising AI companies by Forbes magazine.

Our Objective We want to predict the days-to-recovery (or days-to-discharge) of a COVID-19 patient at time of diagnosis, especially if it is a mild case. While COVID-19 is a global pandemic, thousands have recovered from it and are no longer infectious. For many who may not be feeling sick despite being COVID-19 positive, one of the key questions on their…

As a majority of counties have already detected COVID-19 cases, today (4/1/2020) is our last update. Our data science team is switching to other projects related to COVID-19. With the fight against COVID-19 spreading across the U.S. and the world, DataRobot understands it is essential that federal government entities convey accurate information to citizens, local governments, and healthcare providers. Towards…

A few days ago, Kaggle--and its data science community--was rocked by a cheating scandal.  Kaggle is a popular online forum that hosts machine learning competitions with real-world data, often provided by commercial or non-profit enterprises to crowd-source AI solutions to their problems. For every competition, the host provides a training and test set of data. Everyone from expert data scientists…

Today, we announced that we have raised $206M in Series E financing. This new capital will significantly accelerate our ability to execute on our vision of helping all organizations become AI-driven. I want to briefly summarize why we raised this additional capital and how we plan to execute on this vision. Every major technology transition from the past 100 years…

Today we announced the exciting news that DataRobot acquired ParallelM, the leader in machine learning operations (MLOps). This acquisition is a game-changing move that accelerates our ability to help organizations become AI-driven - from the development of models through to the deployment and management of models in a variety of production environments. Founded in 2015, ParallelM is the recognized industry…

In 2012, DataRobot co-founders Jeremy Achin and Tom de Godoy recognized the profound impact that AI and machine learning could have on organizations, but that there wouldn’t be enough data scientists to meet the demand. The technology they invented, automated machine learning, allowed organizations to scale data science capacity by teaching machines to perform much of the tedious and time-consuming…

This week, two U.S. senators have introduced a bill that would require large companies and specialist data traders to assess and manage the risks associated with automated decision systems. The Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019 would apply to any business which: ●     Has sales revenue of more than $50 million over the previous three years, or ●     Has the data…

The 2019 NCAA March Madness tournament has arrived! This is one of the most famous annual sports events in the United States, bringing together the best Division 1 men’s and women’s college basketball teams from 68 schools to compete against each other for the NCAA Champion title. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of March Madness is being able to build…