Zenscience, a Bengaluru based marketing firm has partnered with global AI and Analytics firm Fractal Analytics. The partnership is based on Fractal's desire of branding which could be deployed suitably through Zescience Earlier this year, Fractal had invited multiple agencies to pitch their ideas. Zenscience had been selected among the agencies and were asked to develop a brand for Fractal. Asper.ai is an automatic decision making platform that helps enterprises make better interconnected decisions. The purpose-built AI helps firms to take efficient and fast paced decisions and thus become adaptive and intelligent.

"My experience is that for every dollar of AI spend, you need $10 of engineering spend to make it work." While the world is laser-focused on data science, there is a HUGE opportunity to upskill and invest in the data engineering aspect. This is just one excerpt from our exclusive interview with Srikanth Velamakanni, Group Chief Executive & Vice-Chairman at Fractal. Srikanth co-founded Fractal Analytics in 2000, well before analytics and AI were entire industries. He served as CEO of Fractal Analytics from 2006 to 2016.

Global Machine Learning Market Report 2021 is latest research study released by HTF MI evaluating the market risk side analysis, highlighting opportunities and leveraged with strategic and tactical decision-making support. The report provides information on market trends and development, growth drivers, technologies, and the changing investment structure of the Global Machine Learning Market. Some of the key players profiled in the study are Microsoft Corporation, IBM Corporation, SAP SE, SAS Institute, Google, Amazon Web Services, Baidu, BigML, Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (HPE), Intel Corporation, KNIME.com AG, RapidMiner, Angoss Software Corporation, H2O.ai, Alpine Data, Domino Data Lab, Dataiku, Luminoso Technologies, TrademarkVision, Fractal Analytics, TIBCO Software, Teradata, Dell, Oracle Corporation. The study provides comprehensive outlook vital to keep market knowledge up to date segmented by SMEs & Large Enterprises,, Cloud Deployment & On-premise Deployment and 18 countries across the globe along with insights on emerging & major players.

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MUMBAI: Private equity firm Apax Partners has signed a definitive agreement to invest as much as $200 million to become the single largest shareholder in Fractal Analytics, India's second largest big data firm. The transaction, which consists of a secondary stake acquired from existing shareholders such as Malayasian sovereign investor of Khazanah and T.A. Associates besides a primary investment into the business, both the companies said in a statement. Though not disclosed, sources tell ET, Apax will end up with a significant minority stake of around 45%. The deal is expected to get closed by February 2019, the statement said. ET first reported about the potential transaction in its edition dated Jan 4. The company will use the investment by the Apax Funds to accelerate growth, both organically and through M&A, and to invest further in AI products and research.

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MUMBAI: Private equity group Apax Partners is poised to become the single-largest shareholder in Fractal Analytics by picking up a significant minority stake of around 45% for $175-200 million, valuing India's No. 2 big data firm at $350-400 million. Apax will be buying out existing shareholders Khazanah Nasional Berhad and TA Associates and will infuse fresh capital in the company to bulk up the balance sheet for future acquisitions and growth, said people aware of the development. Discussions are in the final stages and a formal signing is scheduled by early next week or even this weekend. Apax Partners and TA Associates declined to comment. Fractal Analytics was set up in 2000 by five graduates of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, with each pooling Rs 2 lakh. It raised $60,000 from angel investor Gulu Mirchandani of Mirc Electronics, who has chosen to remain invested.

Fractal Analytics, (http://www.fractalanalytics.com), a global leader in AI solutions that power human decision-making in Fortune 500 companies, today announced the launch of ai.now, a brand new conference focused on how Fortune 500 businesses can better leverage artificial intelligence for their organizations. The half-day event, which includes a number of sessions and roundtable discussions, will take place on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at the One World Trade Center in New York City. Fractal Analytics' ai.now is the only industry event of its kind, designed to help Fortune 500 attendees from a wide-range of industries - CPG, financial services, healthcare, insurance, telecom, and retail - learn how to practically implement artificial intelligence for their business. Ford will explore how AI and automation will usher in a new era of man and machine collaboration, with a realistic view of what the future of work, and our place in it, will look like, from education to law, agriculture to healthcare, management and beyond. "As investments in AI, machine learning and data science surge among Fortune 500 companies, they are seeking ways to realize and maximize the full potential of these new technologies," said Pranay Agrawal, Co-founder & CEO, Fractal Analytics.