60% Off ODSC East, AI Skills Needed in 2025, Building an AI Financial Analyst, and the AI Builders Summit is Next Week!
ODSC East 2025–60% Off Ends Friday!
We’re stoked to announce the first 40 ODSC East 2025 speakers! With pros from Shopify, AWS, MIT, Harvard, Hugging Face, and plenty more, you won’t want to miss this all-star lineup — with more to come! Register ASAP for 60% off.
ODSC AI Trends and Adoption Survey
Interested in sharing your thoughts about AI adoption, the tools you use, and your concerns about the field? Complete this survey and let your voice be heard! We’ll share the results in a few weeks. You’ll also be entered for a chance to win awesome prizes, including tickets to ODSC East 2025 or the month-long AI Builders Summit.
10 Skills and Techniques Needed to Create AI Better
This blog explores the essential AI techniques and skills needed to create AI as best as possible, going beyond the tools you should know, including mixture of experts, LLM evaluation, and model selection.
Building an AI Financial Analyst with Multi-Agent Systems
Here’s how to construct your own AI financial analyst dream team by using multi-agent systems, and how to ensure it’s working correctly.
Exploring Protein Language Models for Synthetic Biology
This past conference session recap sheds light on the transformative potential of protein language models in predicting protein functions and enabling groundbreaking applications.
13 Must-Know Tools for Aspiring AI Builders
Building AI requires a lot of different tools. Here are a few frameworks, libraries, and language models ideal for AI builders.
ODSC Highlights
Mastering AI Applications: What to Expect from the AI Builders Summit Schedule
Each week of the upcoming AI Builders Summit will have a different focus, including LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, and AI Builders. See what to expect week-to-week here!
Level Up Your AI Skills With These Announced ODSC East 2025 Speakers
Representing names like Shopify, AWS, MIT, Harvard, and other AI powerhouses, our first round of ODSC East 2025 speakers are worth paying attention to.
Interview: AI Engineering — The 2025 Landscape
Friday, January 10th, 1:00 PM ET
AI changes every year, so what does the field of AI engineering look like for the year ahead? Join us this Friday for an insightful interview with AI expert Chip Huyen as we dive into foundation models, AI democratization, and more.
Call for Speakers, Instructors, Exhibitors, and More: Contribute to ODSC East 2025
Here are all the ways that you can get involved with ODSC East 2025 in Boston, including speaking, volunteering, and partnering with us.
Need to find a data scientist, AI engineer, or another professional in the field? Post a job on our jobs board and find your perfect candidate.
Industry, Opinion, Career Advice
What Michael Jordan, Hilary Mason, and Others Are Saying About Data Science in the Age of AI
What do some of the biggest names in AI have to say about data science today? Read on for insights from Mike Jordan, Hilary Mason, and others.
The Transformative Potential of AI: Insights from Economist Daniel Rock
In this summary of our recent podcast with Daniel Rock of the Wharton School, we discuss how AI is impacting labor markets, productivity, and organizational structures.
The AI Builders Summit starts next week!
The first week of the AI Builders Summit features 5 sessions, covering topics like:
- Transforming Enterprise AI with SLMs
- Fine-tuning SLMs
- Evaluation-Driven Development
- LLM Model Selection
- Mixture of Memory Experts
Data Science & AI News
AI Leads the 2025 LinkedIn Jobs on the Rise Report
LinkedIn just released its annual Jobs on the Rise report, and jobs like AI engineer and AI consultant led the way, showing the changing career landscape.
Yahoo’s Jerry Yang on AI: “The Wave Is Coming”
Yahoo co-founder and tech investor Jerry Yang warns that AI’s meteoric rise comes with both opportunities and risks.
Massachusetts Launches AI Hub with Boston University at the Helm
Massachusetts is positioning itself as a leader in AI with the launch of the AI Hub, which aims to act as a transformative force within the Commonwealth.
NVIDIA Turns to Robotics Amid Rising AI Chip Competition
NVIDIA, the $3.3 trillion tech giant known for driving advancements in AI, is shifting its focus to robotics as competition in the AI chip industry intensifies.
Microsoft Says 2025 is the Golden Opportunity for American AI Leadership
In a blog post, Microsoft writes how it envisions a three-part strategy to propel America’s AI success and help the nation maintain AI leadership.
NVIDIA Completes $700 Million Run:ai Acquisition Following Regulatory Review
Chipmaking giant NVIDIA has finalized its $700 million acquisition of Israeli AI startup Run:ai according to the company.
Video of the Week: AI Development Lifecycle Learnings of What Changed with LLMs
In this talk, we will explore the lessons learned from building products that are typical use cases of new LLM technologies, and zoom on a specific use case: a RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) tool for a medical company.
Upcoming Webinars, Meetups, and Ai+ Live Training Sessions
Foundation Models for Time-Series
Tuesday, January 28th, 12:00 PM ET
This presentation delves into the cutting-edge landscape of foundation models for time-series analysis. We will explore specialized neural architectures designed to unravel the complex temporal dynamics of sequential data and demonstrate how open-source models can unlock powerful predictive capabilities and insights.
