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"Machine learning is cool stuff, but usually it requires a PhD-toting data scientist to figure out. PredictionIO is countering that with its\u00A0open source machine learning platform that lets developers add intelligence to their products without the need of a fancy degree.\r\nDescribing itself as the \u201CMySQL of prediction,\u201D PredictionIO provides 20 pre-set algorithms that developers can start running on their data. Data scientists don\u2019t have to feel excluded, either, as they can still dive in an tweak the algorithms to their liking.\r\n\u201CWe take care of the infrastructure, we retrain the model when new data comes in, we take care of the algorithm. It\u2019s not a black box algorithm. We don\u2019t believe in that,\u201D PredictionIO CEO Simon Chan said in an interview. \u201COur uniqueness is it seems like we are the most developer friendly machine learning product on the market at this moment.\r\nPredictionIO is built on the REST API standard, but it also includes SDKs for Ruby, Python, Scala, Java and more. Open source contributors have also built support for iOS, node.js, .NET and Magento.\r\n\r\nAccording to Chan, university students with \u201Cdecent programming skills\u201D have managed to build app store discovery engines within an hour of starting out on the platform.\r\nPredictionIO has raised $2.5 million from a group of investors, including Azure, QuestVP, CrunchFund, Stanford - StartX Fund, Kima Ventures, IronFire, Sood Ventures and XG Ventures. The startup is part of the Mozilla WebFWD, 500 Startups and StartX accelerators.\r\nSince PredictionIO is open source, the core product will remain free. The startup does plan to eventually offer premium services for the enterprise.\r\n\u27A4 PredictionIO\r\nImage credit: Charles Taylor / Shutterstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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