Etsy opens machine learning centre in Toronto Internet of Business

NEWSBYTE Etsy, the ecommerce website that focuses on handmade or vintage items, is opening its third machine learning centre, and its first in Canada. It is expected to open this autumn. The US-based company already has machine learning centres in Brooklyn, New York, and in San Francisco. The aim of the centres is to deepen users and customers' relationship with the retail platform, learning their preferences and the types of item that are offered for sale, creating a smarter and more intuitive system over time. "Etsy is dedicated to creating opportunities for creative entrepreneurs across Canada, and the addition of the Machine Learning Center of Excellence will deepen Etsy's roots in Toronto's robust tech community," said Mike Fisher, Etsy CTO.