Bodo.ai Open-Sources HPC Python Compute Engine

SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 27, 2025 — Bodo.ai, an open source start-up focused on transformative Python, has released its high performance computing engine for Python under the Apache License. The need to process ever-larger amounts of data with higher precision, faster speeds, lower costs, and a smaller carbon footprint has grown exponentially. Bodo.ai addresses these […]

Anaconda Announces General Availability of Python in Excel, Transforming Data Analysis for Millions of Excel Users

Anaconda Inc., a leading provider for data science, machine learning, and AI, today announced the general availability of Python in Excel. This integration with Microsoft Excel allows users to run Python code securely and directly within Excel’s grid, requiring no separate Python installation.  

New Alluxio Enterprise AI Innovations Accelerate GPUs Anywhere with 97%+ GPU Utilization

Alluxio, the developer of the open-source data platform, announced the immediate availability of the latest enhancements in Alluxio Enterprise AI. Version 3.2 showcases the platform’s capability to utilize GPU resources universally, improvements in I/O performance, and competitive end-to-end performance with HPC storage.

Video Highlights: NumPy, SciPy and the Economics of Open-Source — with Dr. Travis Oliphant

In this video presentation, our good friend Jon Krohn, Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist at the machine learning company Nebula, explores the origins of NumPy and SciPy with their creator, Dr. Travis Oliphant. Dr. Oliphant shares his journey from personal need to global impact, the challenges overcome, and the future of these essential Python libraries in scientific computing and data science.

SQream Announces Strategic Integration for Powerful Big Data Analytics with Dataiku

SQream, the scalable GPU data analytics platform, announced a strategic integration with Dataiku, the platform for everyday AI. This collaboration brings together SQream’s best-in-class big data analytics technology with Dataiku’s flexible and scalable data science and machine learning (ML) platform.

Emerging Tools and Frameworks in AI: A Comparative Analysis

In this contributed article, graphic designer and content writer, Erika Ballo delves into some emerging tools and frameworks in AI, comparing their strengths, usability, and ideal use cases.

Flatfile Acquires AI Start-up Chatcsv Inc., Further Expanding Leadership in AI-assisted Data Exchange

Flatfile, a pioneer of AI-assisted data exchange, announced the acquisition of AI start-up Chatcsv Inc. With breakout growth in just a few months since its release, ChatCSV already has thousands of users. From global enterprises such as Procter & Gamble and McKinsey to technology companies such as Zapier, Quora and Vimeo, companies rely on ChatCSV for quick, contextual insight into CSV files and spreadsheets.

Starburst Introduces Python DataFrame Support for Complex Data Transformation and Data Application Workloads

Starburst, the data lake analytics platform, today extended their support for the most widely used multi-purpose, high-level programming language, Python with PyStarburst, as well as announced a new integration with the open source Python library, Ibis, built in collaboration with composable data systems builder and Ibis maintainer, Voltron Data. 

UMass Amherst Computer Scientists Use AI to Accelerate Computing Speed by Thousands of Times  

A team of computer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, led by Emery Berger, recently unveiled a prize-winning Python profiler called Scalene. Programs written with Python are notoriously slow—up to 60,000 times slower than code written in other programming languages—and Scalene works to efficiently identify exactly where Python is lagging, allowing programmers to troubleshoot and streamline their code for higher performance.

Anaconda Distribution for Python Brings Data Science to Hundreds of Millions of Microsoft Excel Users

Anaconda Inc., the provider of one of the world’s most widely used and trusted data science and AI platforms, announced the beta availability of Anaconda Distribution for Python in Excel, a new integration with Microsoft Excel.  Anaconda’s Python distribution is fully embedded and integrated into the Excel grid toolboxes for manipulating, analyzing, and visualizing data and for advanced machine learning and AI. Python in Excel is currently rolling out to Public Preview and is available for Microsoft Insiders.