The IRS and Big Data: solving a big problem, problematically
…and you owe him backtaxes.
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Amazon and Big Data
How Amazon combines its customer-centric approach with data-driven decision making to create and capture value.
Tala: Using Machine Learning to Provide Access to Credit for the World’s Unbanked
Tala has been a pioneer in the alternative lending space. Founded by Shivani Siroya, the Santa Monica based company has demonstrated tremendous success in providing credit to people who are unbanked. Tala uses machine learning from a user’s smartphone to […]
Legendary Pictures: Moneyball for Hollywood?
This movie studio has been relying on analytics to make better production and marketing bets.
DeepMind: Who Needs Data to Learn?
How Alphabet may have eliminated its data advantage when it bought DeepMind.
Minority Report IRL: Palantir and Predictive Policing
Palantir started as a data mining company focused on intelligence and defense, but has expanded in the past 15 years to be among the largest unicorns in the country, working in local government, financial services, and beyond
Flatiron Health – solving cancer through data analytics
Flatiron Health is using data and analytics to tackle cancer, which it believes cannot be “solved” by just the healthcare community – it needs the technology industry as well. Therefore, since Flatiron started in 2012, it has grown to nearly […]
MedAware – Using AI to eliminate prescription errors
MedAware’s machine-learning algorithms mine data gathered from millions of electronic medical records to detect outliers in prescription behavior and flag them in real-time to healthcare providers
Vitality: A data-driven approach to better health
If you were rewarded to engage in healthy behaviors, would you take better care of yourself? Vitality, founded in South Africa, is the world’s first health insurer to use behavioral economics and data analytics to incentivize customers to live healthier. […]
Target: You Can’t Hide That Baby Bump From Us
Target knows more about you than your closest friends and family. Beware the all-seeing, all-knowing Bullseye.