Atlan named a Leader by Forrester Wave? securing the highest score possible in 15 criteria | Newsletter Issue #66 | August 2024
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Atlan Named a Leader in the Forrester Wave?: Enterprise Data Catalogs for Data Ops Q3 2024
Atlan emerged as “an unparalleled partner” for “organizations aiming for democratization and AI-enhanced self-service to governed data”, achieving the highest possible scores in 15 out of 24 criteria during Forrester 's evaluation of 12 platforms.
Atlan got the highest scores amongst all vendors in the “Current Offering” and “Strategy” categories, and is the only company to achieve these scores in "Governance, risk, and compliance", "Adoption" and "Deployment and time-to-value".?
According to the report, enterprise data catalogs (EDCs) are witnessing a transformation driven by AI advancements, fragmented and complex data estates, accessibility needs, and strategic imperatives to harness data for competitive advantage.
An excerpt from the report showcasing why Atlan was named a leader in the field - “Atlan differentiates itself with a personalized, AI-driven catalog, providing quick value. Atlan is a visionary player with a clear, ambitious goal: to become the data and AI control plane enabling complex business use cases." ?
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Chalo at CII's Conference, graced by the Hon'ble PM, Shri Narendra Modi
Priya Singh , co-founder of Chalo , was invited by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to the ‘Journey Towards Viksit Bharat' Conference, held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The PM's free-flowing speech enunciating India's path to becoming the third largest economy by 2047, inspired and motivated team Chalo to keep pushing the boundaries of innovation, revamping India's public transportation across 50+ cities.
Nymble completes the first manufacturing run of its autonomous cooking robots
For a complex product whose bill of materials has 397 components sourced from 31 vendors, achieving the first production batch in just 7 months is a record in itself. This kitchen robot has a 16MP camera with Quad-Pixel Sensor that feeds crystal-clear images into Nymble 's AI models, a stainless steel internal chassis that embodies the finest craftsmanship, ingredient containers that are BPA-free and microwave safe and a powerful stirrer with a high-torque motor attached to a dishwasher-safe stainless steel pan.??
Trampoline dazzles at the Birmingham Autumn Fair - UK's largest trade event for home retailers?
Trampoline 's new collection, particularly the gorgeous stone and bone inlay accent pieces on display at the Spring and Autumn Fair in Birmingham, seems to have stolen the show. This is what customers are saying about the product quality and design, “I’ve been coming to this show for 20 years. And I’ve not seen anything so different. The quality looks amazing. Your selection is on point. There’s no doubt you’re going to be hugely successful.”?
Magicpin commits ?100 Cr to its Restaurant Accelerator Program
Magicpin's self-onboarding tool enables cloud kitchens and restaurants to join the ONDC in <5 minutes. The program has incentives such as zero commissions, zero onboarding fees, and free home delivery to provide food merchants with risk-free participation in the digital economy. Through these initiatives, magicpin , a leading seller app on Open Network For Digital Commerce (ONDC) , will add 100K+ new partners to the network in the next three months.
Adster achieves two key milestones in its bid to simplify adtech for publishers
Publishers are not well-equipped to optimise for monetisation from ad revenues. Adster 's DIY toolkit helps them maximise their digital real estate and increase their income from serving ads. In that journey, the team has successfully linked their meta mediation sdk (advanced wrapper with demand orchestration capabilities) to their white-labelled DSP. Adster can now manage the complete ad inventory of publishers, that the agencies can buy programmatically.
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Prukalpa on finding success by centering on customer satisfaction, in Forbes
Atlan is obsessed with the human context, and in Prukalpa ? 's opinion, that is what differentiates them from all her competitors. Client service is at the heart of every business operation, and Atlan has worked incredibly hard to build tech that operates in the background, so that the customers can stay at the center. Prukalpa is doubling down on this approach of service-oriented leadership, to help the humans of data achieve their goals, despite the constantly evolving AI landscape.?
Priya on the impact of GenAI on India's tech, on HerStory's AWS Women in Tech Series
On the panel alongside Ritwika Chowdhury (Unscript) and Kausambi Manjita (Mason), Priya shared her vision behind starting Chalo, the impact of GenAI on mass transit and the constant need to stay at the forefront of tech advancements. She detailed how the adoption of GenAI helped Chalo optimise travel time for commuters with live tracking, enhance customer experience with AI-powered chatbots & automate 70% of cloud operations, reducing costs by 40%.
Ankit on the role of sustainable ingredients to promote optimal pet health, on News18
The nutritional value offered by insect proteins supports muscle development, tissue repair and sound functioning of the immune system of animals. Protein hydrolysate, which can be broken down into small peptides, is easier for dogs, with food allergies and sensitivities, to absorb. Ankit Alok Bagaria , co-founder & CEO of Loopworm , is leveraging protein from silkworm pupae to manufacture superior dog food that is high on nutrition, but low on environmental footprint.
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WBV Insights
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The Telegraph features Manish Kheterpal - on the green shoots of recovery in startup funding?
Manish Kheterpal spoke about the journey of the Indian startup ecosystem, right from the early years (2010-15) when aggregators and horizontal platforms (such as Flipkart , Ola , OYO ) attracted capital, through the second wave (2015-21) when fintech, D2C and edtech ruled the roost, to the third wave (2022+) when deeptech and AI became the talk of the town. As investors wait for exits to recycle capital back into the VC/PE asset class, companies scaling profitably with a higher probability of IPO are experiencing a larger inflow of later-stage (Series C+) growth funding.??
WBV joins 2X Global membership
2X Global is a field building organisation engaging its global network of investors, capital providers and intermediaries working in public and private markets, through activities that advance intersectional investment ideas, level up gender-smart investments and scale the field of gender finance. WBV's collaboration with 2X Global underlines our commitment to be at the forefront in the field of gender lens investing and be gender smart with our investment decisions.?
Rahul Boggaram and Nikhil Boggaram reshaping rural finance with gold loans from Yellow Metal
Indian households hold 24K tonnes of gold, worth $2T, primarily as ornaments and jewellery. 60% of that is in underbanked rural areas without access to formal credit. Yellow Metal, with its superior tech stack, doorstep risk assessment and loan disbursal in <10 minutes, saves borrowers in Bharat from falling prey to informal lenders. To date, they have financed $42M of gold loans, across 20 towns, with a gross NPA of 0.1%.
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