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"Skytree, a\u00A0San Jose-based startup focused on helping businesses understand big data, has raised an\u00A0$18 million series A round led by\u00A0U.S. Venture Partners\u00A0(USVP), UPS and\u00A0former Sun Microsystems CEO\u00A0Scott McNealy.\r\n\r\nThese funds will be used to &amp;quot;fuel an aggressive growth strategy,&amp;quot; with hopes of &amp;quot;disrupting\u00A0the Big Data Analytics market with enterprise-ready Machine Learning.&amp;quot; Jargon and buzzword-filled\u00A0goals aside, there's no doubt that processing greater and greater amounts of data will become increasingly important for the enterprise, and\u00A0Skytree seems quite confident in its position to dominate this sector.\r\n\r\nTouting itself as &amp;quot;the machine learning company,&amp;quot;\u00A0Skytree\u00A0claims to have a &amp;quot;striking performance advantage&amp;quot; over its competitors.\u00A0CEO\u00A0Martin Hack details that\u00A0Skytree's next steps involve growing its &amp;quot;engineering and sales efforts in response to the expanding demand&amp;quot; for its Skytree Server\u00A0product.\r\n\r\nSkytree launched in February 2012, and also counts\u00A0Javelin Venture Partners and Osage University Partners as investors.\r\n\r\nPhotography by Emma Weber"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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