The Crayon Newsletter v08.23

And now, it’s time for Crayon Data’s monthly newsletter! Here’s what we were up to.??

In the Limelight:?

Is India the gateway to Asian and European markets? Singaporean start-ups definitely seem to think so! And as always, Crayon Data has been ahead of the curve. In The Straits Times , Suresh V Shankar , founder and CEO, and Aarti Ramakrishnan , co-founder and COO, talk about what makes Chennai the perfect place for us. Find the full article here.??

• While the world has been reactive to the constant evolution of Generative AI, the UAE has been proactive. Suresh V Shankar wrote for WIRED Middle East on why the Frontier Model Forum's mission resonates with the UAE's vision for AI development. More details here.
• Crayon Data was absolutely thrilled to be part of the first APIX Demo Day: AI Edition! Raju B S , our Chief Revenue Officer, and Karan Bakshi , our Director of Product Management, showcased the magic of maya.ai to an audience of fellow AI experts and banking professionals. Swipe through scenes from the event on our Instagram page.

Insights from the Box??

• The global digital wallet market is said to reach $4.4 trillion by 2025, with a total of 5.2 billion users worldwide by 2026. There’s no denying the impact they have had in this digital age. But at the end of the day, every enterprise cares about their bottom-line. And so, we ask, are digital wallets a catalyst for customer engagement and revenue growth???
• In the words of comedian Dave Chapelle?

The latest solution to the modern problems faced by AI models is the vector database.? They don't just store data but represent data points and can create a symphony of connections.? This makes them a crucial bridge between raw data and AI models. Head here to learn more.?

#TheAIAlphabet series continued with insights on Deep Learning, E3 Model, Foundation Models, General Adversarial Networks and just yesterday, on Humans In The Loop. Plus, we learnt why we as an AI community stand #OnTheShouldersOf Yann Le Cun, Jürgen Schmidhuber, and Marvin Minsky. We also paid tribute to the ‘Rockstar of Statistics’, CR Rao, on his passing.

• On LinkedIn, our senior manager of data science, Kanimozhi Uma, Ph.D. , talks about LLaMA2 and its features in this post. She also shared an interesting read on LLMs and the process of grokking. Curious to know more? Head to her profile!????
• Our Content Specialist, Susanna Myrtle Lazarus , shared her thoughts on experimenting with content formats on various social media platforms in this LinkedIn Content Marketing collaborative article.

Celebrations @ Crayon?

This month, we had plenty of festivities! Be it Independence Day, Madras Day, or the day Chandrayaan-3 landed on the lunar surface. The most vivid celebration was the one we had for Onam in our Chennai office. Check out our #SpiffyCrayons in their ethnic best!??

That’s all for now!??

See you next month with more exciting updates.??

Shruti Nath?

Newsletter Editor?