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I'm advertising this report that is based on a podcast that @bigdata, @jennweb, and I had in January. gradientflow.com/2021trendsrepo… Now you might groan "oh no, not another 'report' on what's so cool about AI!" Here's some context =>

Granted, you might find similar reports produced by other sources, but at least we're independent. We're not trying to sell you our cloud solution. Actually, the only goal is to get you to subscribe to our newsletter 🤫

Then, this is not just based on some marketing blurb we read, but on actual conversations that @bigdata had. If you don't know him, he's probably one of the best connected people in SV I know. If he says something is coming, then probably because he's been having coffee ...

... (virtual coffee of course) with a founder of some stealth startup. In all the years I've known him, @bigdata also was super passionate about following the trends of a community and sharing. Not even O'Reilly x-ing the conference business could stop him ;)

Now, what do I honestly think about the report? To be honest, I think the majority of companies out there are still struggling to get the basics right. Does this make the report as a whole irrelevant? On the contrary!

I think the report exemplifies the broad range we see in the industry today. Some companies are really pushing the envelope, but for most, e.g. feature stores and model repositories are something they don't have to think about for the next 2-4 years.