DataRobot is acquiring Paxata to add data prep to machine learning platform
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DataRobot is acquiring Paxata to add data prep to machine learning platform
DataRobot, a company best known for creating automated machine learning models known as AutoML, announced today that it intends to acquire Paxata, a data prep platform startup. The companies did not reveal the purchase price.
Paxata raised a total of $90 million before today's acquisition, according to the company.
Up until now, DataRobot has concentrated mostly on the machine learning and data science aspect of the workflow - building and testing the model, then putting it into production. The data prep was left to other vendors like Paxata, but DataRobot, which raised $206 million in September, saw an opportunity to fill in a gap in their platform with Paxata.
"We've identified, because we've been focused on machine learning for so long, a number of key data prep capabilities that are required for machine learning to be successful. And so we see an opportunity to really build out a unique and compelling data prep for machine learning offering that's powered by the Paxata product, but takes the knowledge and understanding and the integration with the machine learning platform from DataRobot," Phil Gurbacki, SVP of product development and customer experience at DataRobot, told TechCrunch.
Prakash Nanduri, CEO and co-founder at Paxata, says the two companies were a great fit and it made a lot of sense to come together. "DataRobot has got a significant number of customers, and every one of their customers have a data and information management problem. For us, the deal allows us to rapidly increase the number of customers that are able to go from data to value. By coming together, the value to the customer is increased at an exponential level," he explained.
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