eBay acquires second machine learning company in two months

This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "E-Commerce Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. The acquisition is part of the e-commerce company's structured data push for sellers. Structured data is eBay's standard way of categorizing and displaying products for sale on its marketplace. Utilizing SalesPredict's data analysis and machine learning skills, eBay will be able to better refine its search functions in order to serve the right products to prospective shoppers.