DataRobot, the leader in automated machine learning, announced it has acquired Nutonian, Inc., a data science software company specializing in time series analytical modeling. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, and the deal is officially closed. Developed in Cornell's Artificial Intelligence Lab by two of the "World's Most Powerful Data Scientists," Nutonian's A.I.-powered modeling engine, Eureqa, powers predictive and prescriptive analytics at global companies, including Audi, Beck's Hybrids, NASA, and RealPage. Eureqa is renowned for its success in time series analytics and for creating easy-to-interpret predictive models in minutes rather than weeks or months. The addition of the Nutonian team and technology helps DataRobot accelerate its mission to bring machine learning to the masses by bolstering its capabilities across different types of modeling problems, particularly those involving time series data.

Design software maker Autodesk is partnering with Nutonian, a machine intelligence company that can help it interpret Internet of Things (IoT) data, the companies announced Tuesday. Per the agreement, Nutonian's artificial intelligence modeling engine, called Eureqa, will be embedded in Autodesk's IoT cloud platform, Fusion Connect. Eureqa uses raw data to design the simplest possible predictive models that can be used for functions like predicting product failures or identifying product design flaws. Once it's powered by Eureqa, Fusion Connect will use dashboards and end-user alerts to explain what's happening. Autodesk promises that the Eureqa-powered platform could save a manufacturing business somewhere between 6,000 to 12,000 a year -- in addition to the saved expense of not hiring data scientists.