Gartner’s AI Hype Cycle — Way Passed its Due Date… And are We Entering a Classical ML Winter?When looking at Gartner’s 2023 Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence one can only come to one conclusion: the hype cycle itself has…Sep 6, 20239Sep 6, 20239
The $113M Mistral AI seed round — why so much hate?I’ve seen a lot of frustration towards Mistral AI and their $113M seed round on social media lately. Here are some of my reflections about…Jun 22, 20232Jun 22, 20232
Published inBetter ProgrammingThoughts on Twitter ‘open sourcing’ its recommendation algorithm — and learnings for startups and…Since the end of November and the launch of ChatGPT, the discussion around AI/ML has been entirely dominated by generative AI, Large…Apr 3, 20231Apr 3, 20231
How did this B2B SaaS startup founded in 2020 raise a $300M round at a $10B valuation in early 2023?Wiz — a multi-cloud security startup founded in 2020 — just raised 300M$ at a $10B valuation. In this market climate. How is this possible…Mar 3, 2023Mar 3, 2023
Some personal musings around the YC W23 Generative AI LandscapeThere are 36 AI/ML-related startups in this YC Winter Batch out of the 201 startups accepted in total.Feb 23, 20232Feb 23, 20232
The 2023 edition of the Machine Learning, AI and Data Landscape — a quick analysisThe latest MAD (Machine Learning, AI and Data) Landscape is out again! A huge kudos for the tremendous work Matt Turck and the team…Feb 22, 20231Feb 22, 20231
Published inBetter ProgrammingThe greatest startup turnaround in developer tooling history — and learnings for foundersIn the US alone 340 unicorns were minted in 2021 according to data from PitchBook. This compared to 100 new US unicorns minted in 2020, 78…Feb 9, 2023Feb 9, 2023
Published inBetter ProgrammingChatGPT, LLMs and Foundation models — a closer look into the hype and implications for startupsNo matter the industry you work in, you’ve had to be living under the rock the miss the generative AI hype catalyzed by OpenAI making…Mar 2, 20233Mar 2, 20233
Published inBetter ProgrammingDuckDB — What’s the Hype About?This was a blog post that I already planned to write during the spring when I saw that the hype around DuckDB started taking new heights…Dec 29, 202216Dec 29, 202216
Published inBetter ProgrammingIs It Time To Rebrand (or Rethink) the Modern Data Stack?Nov 10, 2022Nov 10, 2022
Published inVALIDIOValidio partners with Google CloudWe are excited to announce that Validio has joined the Google Cloud Partner Advantage program as a Build Partner!Mar 17, 2022Mar 17, 2022
Published inVALIDIO5 Data Trends in 2022In 2021, we saw quite an acceleration of the buzz around the rise of the Modern Data Stack. We now have a tsunami of newsletters…Feb 9, 20221Feb 9, 20221
Published inVALIDIOThe rise and future of data engineering — what’s it all about?I still remember how not that many years ago it was common for people to refer to a data scientist as a “unicorn”. The expectation level…Oct 26, 20212Oct 26, 20212
Published inVALIDIOValidio is bolstering its team with two Truecaller veteransWe’re happy to announce that we’ve strengthened our legal and PR & Communications side with Dara Gill (former VP General Counsel at…Sep 17, 2021Sep 17, 2021
Published inJ12 VenturesPLG and the “Modern” GTM — what’s the hype about?Product-led growth (PLG) has emerged as the buzzword of 2021 in the startup and venture capital scene. As go-to-market strategies continue…Sep 3, 2021Sep 3, 2021
Published inVALIDIOdbt and the Analytics Engineer — what’s the hype about?If you work in the world of data, you have at this point heard a lot of talk about the Modern Data Stack. It has gained a lot of buzz and…Jun 21, 20211Jun 21, 20211
Startup culture vs Research cultureHaving worked with tech startups who have a strong academic/ research background and at startups that even had specific research teams at a…May 6, 2021May 6, 2021
Published inVALIDIOThe Persistent Peril of Machine LearningIn our ML & Data trends post from February we discussed whether one believes MLOps has crossed the chasm or not, the rise of MLOps (i.e…Mar 22, 2021Mar 22, 2021
Published inVALIDIOML & Data Trends: Wrapping up 2020 and looking into 2021 & beyond2020 brought a digitalization explosion across the world. Microsoft estimates that the first two months of the pandemic (March & April)…Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021
