Startups Seek Big Data Leverage with Machine Learning

It's well understood that machine learning is eating the software world, so it's no surprise to see tech startups like Cosmify and LodgIQ emerging from stealth today with plans to leverage big unstructured data for a competitive advantage. San Francisco-based Cosmify came out of stealth today with a new solution that uses machine learning to jumpstart knowledge discovery across a range of information sources. The company's solution is designed to scan, analyze, and visualize unstructured data sources, such as documents, tweets, user data, chat logs, and photographs. Machine learning algorithms create a model of the data sources, and then maps all relevant relationships between them based on individual words or properties, according to Cosmify. Users can then explore the model to find outliers, discover behavioral trends, and predict future results.