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AI Startups Need Data, and the Government Needs Help

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government boasts more than 200,000 public datasets hosted through data.gov, divided among numerous lists and segmented into categories such as: Information on 173 million taxi rides in New York City. In 11 weeks, the team used an algorithm to match data points with specific users at a 95% accuracy rate. Mexican birth records.

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Search Intent: How to Analyze and Optimize Your Site

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But algorithms haven’t always kept pace. Aggregators? Blue links of aggregator sites with “Best Restaurants” lists. displays aggregators when you’re an individual site, or vice versa). Google’s Knowledge Cards, Kohn offers , are a perfect example of aggregating intent—answering a query and providing valuable context.

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10 Predictions About the Future of Ecommerce

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Technology will enable companies to provide a concierge-style service that will use underlying personalization algorithms to allow a real person to make recommendations to you. Algorithmic Recommendations. Amazons product suggestions are great because they have so much aggregate data. John Jackovin , Bawte. All Rights Reserved.

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The 4 Types of Stories Founders Need to Tell When Fundraising

View from Seed

Are you aggregating and leveraging a competitive dataset none will be able to reproduce? Are you bringing an army of algorithm authors to attack a sleep non-technical industry? He played for the New York Yankees between 1920 and 1934. Be the Kudzu. Babe Ruth and The Called Shot.

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More Cash for Entrepreneurs, Crowdfunding, and Indiegogo

David Teten

Indiegogo also helps campaigns gain and measure traction using the “GoGo Factor,” which is tracked automatically and uses a custom algorithm to determine which campaigns get promoted on the homepage, on the site’s blog, or in media mentions. One campaign offered a free morning wake up call to anyone who donates over $25.

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Should You Hire a Programmer or DIY? | Vinicius Vacanti

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Your service has to be secure, it has to scale immediately, you need PhD’s to help you develop algorithms and you’re probably applying for a few patents. Tech startups create real value in one of three ways: ( note: for example companies, I’m referring to their initial prototypes ): Technology Innovation.

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10 Statistics Traps in A/B Testing: The Ultimate Guide for Optimizers

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In test 2 you change the Recommendation engine algorithm, such that you primarily show sale articles here. For example, optimizing product recommendations on the product page (design, placement, algorithm) does not necessarily lead to people buying anything at all. The Problem with Expectations.