Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of September 22; Updates from MotherDuck, Starburst, ThoughtSpot & More

Solutions Review editors curated this list of the most noteworthy analytics and data science news items for the week of September 22, 2023.

Keeping tabs on all the most relevant analytics and data science news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from the last week, in this space. Solutions Review editors will curate vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy analytics and data science news items.

Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of September 22, 2023

AnswerRocket Unveils New Features on Max Solution

With Max, users can ask questions about their key business metrics, identify performance drivers, and investigate critical issues within seconds. The solution is compatible with all major cloud platforms, leveraging OpenAI and Azure OpenAI APIs to provide enterprise-grade security, scalability, and compliance.

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Databricks Unveils Lateral Column Alias Support

This feature simplifies complex SQL queries by allowing users to reuse an expression specified earlier in the same SELECT list, eliminating the need to use nested subqueries and Common Table Expressions (CTEs) in many cases.

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Kinetica Releases New LLM Model for Rapid Data Analysis

The new embedded LLM allows organizations to run language-to-SQL analytics with enhanced privacy and security and greater fine-tuning capabilities. It’s currently available in a containerized, secure environment either on-premises or in the cloud.

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Kyndi Unveils Latest Version of Generative AI Answer Engine

With Max, users can ask questions about their key business metrics, identify performance drivers, and investigate critical issues within seconds. The solution is compatible with all major cloud platforms, leveraging OpenAI and Azure OpenAI APIs to provide enterprise-grade security, scalability, and compliance.

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MotherDuck Nabs $52.5 Million in Series B Funding

Led by Jordan Tigani, CEO, MotherDuck provides a serverless, data analytics platform based on open source database DuckDB. Its notebook-like SQL environment enables users to query local and remote data using a hybrid execution engine.

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Oracle Announces Fusion Data Intelligence Platform

This new platform, an evolution of the Oracle Fusion Analytics Warehouse product, will deliver business data-as-a-service with automated data pipelines, 360-degree data models for key business entities, rich interactive analytics, AI/ML models, and intelligent applications.

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Starburst Expands Data Lake Analytics Platform

In highly regulated industries, some datasets must stay on-premise due to data localization laws and privacy regulations. Starburst is committed to meeting customers where they are and supporting those journeys regardless of the stage.

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ThoughtSpot Reaches 1,000 Customer Milestone

The growth in the last year in particular has come as the company has brought new innovations to market, powered by generative AI, that allow every kind of user, from technical data team to casual business user, to engage with BI in the style they prefer.

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Tredence Named Google Cloud Industry Solution Partner of the Year

Tredence was recognized for its achievements in the Google Cloud ecosystem, bringing about transformative solutions that helped joint customers overcome challenges and achieve significant milestones. The company was particularly lauded for its solution delivery and best use of Google Cloud products and services.

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Solutions Review Set to Host Infragistics for Exclusive Spotlight Webinar on September 28

With the next Spotlight event, the team at Solutions Review has partnered with leading developer tools provider Infragistics. The vendor will bring two of its biggest tools in the market together – App Builder and Reveal – to show you how to create end-to-end solutions with beautiful UX, interactions, theming, data binding, and self-service dashboards and embedded BI quickly.

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Solutions Review Set to Host Upsolver for Exclusive Spotlight Webinar on October 12

With the next Spotlight event, the team at Solutions Review has partnered with leading data movement tools provider Upsolver. The vendor will dive into the urgent need for application developers to deliver fresh, high-quality data to the warehouse or lake in a form ready for analytics and machine learning.

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