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Natural Language Processing (NLP)

3 tools

Hugging Face Transformers

Pre-trained models for tasks like text classification, summarization, translation, and question answering.

CEO: Clement Delangue

Funding: Venture-backed, with investors like A16Z and Lux Capital.

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spaCy

Industrial-strength NLP, featuring pre-trained models for tokenization, POS tagging, named entity recognition (NER), and dependency parsing.

CEO: Matthew Honnibal

Funding: Private funding from investors.

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NLTK (Natural Language Toolkit)

Comprehensive library for symbolic and statistical NLP, including tools for classification, tokenization, and parsing.

CEO: Steven Bird

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors from the community.

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Machine Learning

3 tools

Scikit-learn

Simple and efficient tools for data mining and data analysis, supporting classification, regression, clustering, and dimensionality reduction.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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TensorFlow

Open-source machine learning framework for deep learning, supporting both research prototyping and production deployment.

CEO: Sundar Pichai (Google)

Funding: Developed by Google, open-source.

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PyTorch

Deep learning framework for dynamic computation and fast research-to-production workflows.

CEO: Yann LeCun

Funding: Developed by Facebook AI Research, open-source.

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Computer Vision

3 tools

OpenCV

Open-source library for real-time computer vision tasks, including object detection, face recognition, and image processing.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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YOLO (You Only Look Once)

Real-time object detection system optimized for speed and accuracy.

CEO: Joseph Redmon

Funding: Open-source, primarily supported by the research community.

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Keras

High-level neural network API designed for easy use with TensorFlow, CNTK, or Theano for deep learning applications.

CEO: François Chollet

Funding: Developed by Google, open-source.

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Data Visualization

3 tools

Matplotlib

Plotting library that allows for static, animated, and interactive visualizations in Python.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, supported by the community.

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Seaborn

Statistical data visualization library built on top of Matplotlib for cleaner, more attractive graphs.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Plotly

Interactive graphing library that enables the creation of publication-quality graphs, charts, and dashboards.

CEO: Alex Johnson

Funding: Venture-backed with investors like Insight Partners.

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Chatbots and Virtual Assistants

3 tools

Rasa

Open-source conversational AI platform for building chatbots and virtual assistants.

CEO: Alan Nichol

Funding: Venture-backed, with investors like Accel, Index Ventures.

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Dialogflow

Google's conversational AI platform for designing chatbots and virtual agents.

CEO: Sundar Pichai (Google)

Funding: Developed by Google, integrated into Google Cloud.

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Microsoft Bot Framework

Framework to build sophisticated conversational AI experiences with integrated tools and services.

CEO: Satya Nadella (Microsoft)

Funding: Developed by Microsoft, integrated into Microsoft Azure.

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Automated Machine Learning (AutoML)

3 tools

H2O.ai

Open-source platform for building machine learning models and performing data analysis with minimal coding.

CEO: Sri Ambati

Funding: Venture-backed, with investors like Goldman Sachs, Ventana Capital.

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Auto-sklearn

AutoML tool designed to automate the process of model selection, tuning, and validation for machine learning tasks.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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TPOT

Genetic programming-based AutoML tool that automates machine learning pipeline optimization.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Data Preprocessing

3 tools

Pandas

Python library for data manipulation and analysis, especially useful for working with tabular data.

CEO: Wes McKinney

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Dask

Parallel computing library for big data processing and out-of-core computations.

CEO: Matthew Rocklin

Funding: Open-source, supported by multiple funding sources.

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Featuretools

Automated feature engineering framework that helps build machine learning models from raw data.

CEO: Andrew H. Thomas

Funding: Venture-backed, with investors like First Round Capital.

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Reinforcement Learning

3 tools

Stable Baselines3

Collection of reinforcement learning algorithms in PyTorch, offering easy-to-use models and integration.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Gym

Toolkit for developing and evaluating reinforcement learning algorithms.

CEO: Greg Brockman (OpenAI)

Funding: Developed by OpenAI, with backing from investors like Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.

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Ray RLlib

Open-source library for scalable reinforcement learning applications, designed to be extensible.

CEO: Rob Zheng

Funding: Venture-backed, with investors like Founders Fund, Index Ventures.

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Speech Recognition

3 tools

Mozilla DeepSpeech

Open-source speech-to-text engine based on deep learning techniques.

CEO: Mitchell Baker (Mozilla Foundation)

Funding: Developed by Mozilla, supported by Mozilla Foundation.

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Kaldi

Toolkit for speech recognition that offers a wide range of features for research and production.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors from the speech recognition community.

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Wit.ai

Natural language interface for speech and text input to devices and applications.

CEO: Alexis Thiebaut

Funding: Acquired by Facebook, now integrated into Meta.

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Image and Video Processing

3 tools

FFmpeg

Open-source software for handling multimedia data, including video encoding, conversion, and streaming.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, supported by the community.

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ImageAI

Python library for building custom computer vision models capable of detecting and identifying objects in images.

CEO: Moses Olafenwa

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Albumentations

High-performance image augmentation library for deep learning projects.

CEO: Alexander M. L.

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Time Series Analysis

3 tools

Prophet

Open-source forecasting tool developed by Facebook for generating time series predictions.

CEO: Sundar Pichai (Facebook)

Funding: Developed by Facebook, now part of Meta.

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TSFresh

Python package that automates feature extraction from time series data.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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GluonTS

Probabilistic time series modeling library, built on top of MXNet.

CEO: Andrew Ng (MXNet)

Funding: Developed by MXNet, supported by Amazon Web Services.

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Anomaly Detection

3 tools

PyOD

Python toolkit for anomaly detection in multivariate data, including various algorithms for detecting outliers.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Isolation Forest

Algorithm for anomaly detection, particularly effective for high-dimensional data.

CEO: N/A (Implemented within scikit-learn)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Anomaly Detection Toolkit

A toolkit for anomaly detection, including visualization and model fitting for time series data.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Recommender Systems

3 tools

Surprise

Python scikit for building and evaluating recommender systems using collaborative filtering and other techniques.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Implicit

Fast Python library for collaborative filtering on implicit datasets (e.g., implicit feedback data).

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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LightFM

Python library for building hybrid recommender systems using collaborative filtering and content-based methods.

CEO: Yassir Karmoudi

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Explainable AI

3 tools

LIME

Explains the predictions of any machine learning classifier by approximating it locally with a simpler model.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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SHAP

A unified approach to explain machine learning models by calculating Shapley values.

CEO: Scott Lundberg

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Eli5

Python package for debugging machine learning classifiers and explaining their predictions.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Data Augmentation

3 tools

Augmentor

Python image augmentation library used for deep learning image preprocessing.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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imgaug

Augmentation library for image processing and deep learning pipelines, including geometric and color augmentations.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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nlpaug

Data augmentation library for NLP tasks, supporting text augmentation techniques such as word swapping, backtranslation, etc.

CEO: Edward Ma

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Hyperparameter Optimization

3 tools

Optuna

Hyperparameter optimization framework using automated search and machine learning.

CEO: Takuya Akiba

Funding: Venture-backed, supported by Preferred Networks.

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Hyperopt

Optimizes hyperparameters using Bayesian optimization and random search strategies.

CEO: James Bergstra

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Scikit-Optimize

Simple library for sequential model-based optimization in Python, built on top of scikit-learn.

CEO: N/A (Open-source project)

Funding: Open-source, developed by contributors.

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Federated Learning

3 tools

TensorFlow Federated

Open-source framework for decentralized machine learning using federated learning.

CEO: Sundar Pichai (Google)

Funding: Developed by Google, integrated into TensorFlow.

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PySy

Privacy-preserving deep learning library for federated learning and secure multi-party computation.

CEO: Andrew Trask

Funding: Open-source, supported by OpenMined.

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FATE

Industrial-grade federated learning framework with support for machine learning and privacy-preserving computation.

CEO: Bo Liu

Funding: Developed by FederatedAI.

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Transfer Learning

3 tools

Fastai

High-level deep learning library with out-of-the-box support for vision, text, tabular, and collaborative filtering models.

CEO: Jeremy Howard (Co-founder)

Funding: Private, funded by individual backers and donors.

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Flair

Simple NLP library for state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP).

CEO: Julian Eisenschlos (Founder)

Funding: Open-source, not commercially funded.

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Transformers

State-of-the-art general-purpose architectures for NLP.

CEO: Clément Delangue (CEO, Hugging Face)

Funding: Series B funding ($100M), led by Lux Capital and other investors.

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Model Deployment

3 tools

Flask

Lightweight WSGI web application framework in Python.

CEO: Armin Ronacher (Creator)

Funding: Open-source, no major funding.

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Django

High-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.

CEO: Jacob Kaplan-Moss (Co-creator)

Funding: Open-source, not commercially funded.

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Streamlit

Open-source app framework for Machine Learning and Data Science projects.

CEO: Adrian Colyer (CEO, Streamlit)

Funding: Series B funding ($35 million) from Tiger Global and others.

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Model Interpretability

3 tools

Captum

Model interpretability library for PyTorch.

CEO: Unknown (Developed by Facebook AI Research)

Funding: Developed by Facebook, no independent funding.

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InterpretML

Machine learning interpretability library.

CEO: None (Open-source)

Funding: Open-source, supported by Microsoft.

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Alibi

Algorithms for monitoring and explaining machine learning models.

CEO: Unknown (Developed by Seldon)

Funding: Series A funding from various investors.

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Data Annotation

3 tools

LabelImg

Graphical image annotation tool.

CEO: Unknown (Open-source)

Funding: Open-source, no major funding.

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VGG Image Annotator (VIA)

Simple and standalone manual image annotation tool.

CEO: Unknown (Developed by Oxford University)

Funding: Open-source, funded by university research.

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Doccano

Open-source text annotation tool for machine learning practitioners.

CEO: Unknown (Open-source)

Funding: Open-source, no funding.

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Data Cleaning

3 tools

OpenRefine

Powerful tool for working with messy data.

CEO: Unknown (Open-source)

Funding: Open-source, no commercial funding.

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Trifacta Wrangler

Data wrangling tool for cleaning and preparing data.

CEO: Adam Wilson (CEO)

Funding: Series C funding ($48M) from Accenture, others.

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Pandas Profiling

Generate profile reports from a pandas DataFrame.

CEO: None (Open-source)

Funding: Open-source, no independent funding.

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Data Integration

3 tools

Apache NiFi

Easy-to-use, powerful, and reliable system to process and distribute data.

CEO: Unknown (Apache Software Foundation)

Funding: Open-source, Apache Foundation funded.

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Talend Open Studio

Open-source data integration tool.

CEO: Mike Tuchen (CEO, Talend)

Funding: IPO, publicly traded company (TLND).

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KNIME

Open-source platform for data analytics, reporting, and integration.

CEO: Michael Berthold (CEO)

Funding: Series B funding ($55M) from various investors.

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Data Versioning

3 tools

DVC

Open-source version control system for machine learning projects.

CEO: Dmitry Petrov (Co-founder)

Funding: Series A funding ($10M) from various investors.

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MLflow

Open-source platform for managing the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle.

CEO: Matei Zaharia (Co-founder, CEO at Databricks)

Funding: Acquired by Databricks, raised over $200M.

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Pachyderm

Data engineering platform for AI/ML.

CEO: Joe Naughton (CEO)

Funding: Series C funding ($20M).

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Model Monitoring

3 tools

Evidently

Open-source tool to analyze machine learning models and monitor them in production.

CEO: Daria Pakhomova (CEO)

Funding: Seed funding from several backers.

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WhyLabs

AI observability platform.

CEO: Krishna Gade (CEO)

Funding: Seed funding from Costanoa Ventures, others.

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Arize AI

Machine learning observability platform.

CEO: Abhishek (Abhi) Tiwari (Co-founder, CEO)

Funding: Series C funding ($100M) from investors.

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Model Serving

3 tools

TensorFlow Serving

Flexible, high-performance serving system for machine learning models.

CEO: Sundar Pichai (CEO of Google)

Funding: Google-backed, no external funding.

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TorchServe

Flexible and cloud-native method for serving PyTorch models.

CEO: Unknown (Developed by AWS and Facebook)

Funding: No external funding, backed by AWS and Facebook.

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BentoML

Open-source framework for building and serving machine learning models.

CEO: Lisha Li (CEO)

Funding: Seed funding from various backers.

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Data Synthesis

3 tools

Synthetic Data Vault (SDV)

Open-source Python package that enables the creation and evaluation of synthetic data.

CEO: Unknown (Open-source)

Funding: Open-source, no funding.

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DataSynthesizer

Tool for generating synthetic data for privacy preservation.

CEO: Unknown (Open-source)

Funding: Open-source, no funding.

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Faker

Python package that generates fake data.

CEO: Unknown (Open-source)

Funding: Open-source, no funding.

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Data Privacy

3 tools

Differential Privacy Library

Open-source library for differential privacy.

CEO: Unknown (Developed by Google)

Funding: Google-funded.

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PySy

Library for secure and private deep learning.

CEO: Unknown (Open-source)

Funding: Open-source, supported by OpenMined.

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TensorFlow Privacy

Library for training machine learning models with privacy for training data.

CEO: Sundar Pichai (CEO of Google)

Funding: Backed by Google.

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Data Visualization

3 tools

Plotly

Interactive graphing library for making interactive, publication-quality graphs online.

CEO: Jack Parmer (CEO)

Funding: Series C funding ($86M).

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Bokeh

Interactive visualization library for modern web browsers.

CEO: Unknown (Developed by Anaconda)

Funding: Open-source, funded by Anaconda.

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Altair

Declarative statistical visualization library for Python.

CEO: None (Open-source)

Funding: Open-source, no funding.

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Data Wrangling

3 tools

Pandas

Software library written for the Python programming language for data manipulation and analysis.

CEO: Wes McKinney (Creator)

Funding: Open-source, no funding.

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Dask

Flexible library for parallel computing in Python.

CEO: Matthew Rocklin (Creator)

Funding: Series B funding ($15M).

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Vaex

Out-of-core DataFrame for Python that can handle large datasets.

CEO: Unknown (Developed by Vaex.io)

Funding: Series A funding ($6M).

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Data Pipelines

3 tools

Apache Airflow

Platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows.

CEO: Unknown (Apache Software Foundation)

Funding: Open-source, Apache Foundation funded.

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Luigi

Python module that helps you build complex pipelines of batch jobs.

CEO: Unknown (Developed by Spotify)

Funding: Open-source, funded by Spotify.

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Prefect

Modern workflow orchestration tool.

CEO: Jeremiah Lowin (Co-founder)

Funding: Series B funding ($50M).

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Data Storage

3 tools

Apache Hadoop

Framework that allows for the distributed processing of large data sets across clusters of computers.

CEO: Unknown (Apache Software Foundation)

Funding: Open-source, funded by Apache Foundation.

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Apache Cassandra

Highly scalable, high-performance distributed database designed to handle large amounts of data across many commodity servers.

CEO: Unknown (Apache Software Foundation)

Funding: Open-source, supported by Apache.

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MongoDB

NoSQL database for modern, data-intensive applications.

CEO: Dev Ittycheria (CEO)

Funding: IPO, publicly traded (MDB).

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Data Governance

3 tools

Apache Atlas

Scalable and extensible set of core foundational governance services.

CEO: Unknown (Apache Software Foundation)

Funding: Open-source, funded by Apache Foundation.

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Amundsen

Data discovery and metadata engine.

CEO: Unknown (Developed by Lyft)

Funding: Open-source, supported by Lyft.

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Great Expectations

Data quality tool for validating, documenting, and profiling datasets.

CEO: Unknown (Open-source)

Funding: Series A funding ($11M).

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Data Lineage

3 tools

Marquez

Open-source metadata service for the collection, aggregation, and visualization of a data ecosystem's metadata.

CEO: Unknown (Developed by the OpenLineage project)

Funding: Open-source, no independent funding.

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DataHub

Metadata platform for managing data resources.

CEO: Unknown (Developed by LinkedIn)

Funding: Open-source, supported by LinkedIn.

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Loom

A data lineage tool that helps visualize the data flow.

CEO: Unknown (Developed by various contributors)

Funding: Open-source.

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