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Sport analytics leverage AI and ML to improve the game

CIO

Nearly 10 years ago, Bill James, a pioneer in sports analytics methodology, said if there’s one thing he wished more people understood about sabermetrics, pertaining to baseball, it’s that the data is not the point. With 112,000 reports in the system and 8 million bits of information, it’s a huge amount of information for 42 clubs.”

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Mustard looks beyond baseball as it raises another $3.75M for sensor-free sports coaching

TechCrunch

Los Angeles-based sports training platform Mustard this week announced a $3.75 Led by Lake Nona Sports & Health Tech Fund, this latest raise follows a $1.7 The list of additional sports includes golf, soccer and football. From there, the app offers feedback, in the form of a “report card.”

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MLSE looks to revolutionize sports experience with digital R&D lab

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Digital solutions and data analytics are changing the world of sports entertainment at a rapid clip. From how players train, to how teams make strategic decisions during games, to how venues operate and fans engage, sports organizations are turning to software engineers and data scientists to help transform the sport experience.

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Cloudera’s Impact Report 2022 is Live!

Cloudera

Veterans to re-build confidence through sport and re-engage with careers. Under-represented people to re-train into tech. Every part of our Cloudera Cares work affects an individual that has a story to tell, and that’s what we are celebrating in this report. Elderly people with notes of friendship in their native language.

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VCs continue to pour dollars into generative AI

TechCrunch

According to a PitchBook report released this month, VCs have steadily increased their positions in generative AI, from $408 million in 2018 to $4.8 In the video category, WSC Sports, which uses AI to generate personally tailored video clips for sports fans, landed $100 million in Series D funding nearly a year ago.

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LLMs come to workplace morale monitoring, as Loopin raises $1.9M for its platform

TechCrunch

We reported on Plasticity Labs back in 2014, though their web site seems no longer functioning. These two highly trained, former special forces soldiers have now poured all their knowledge – as well as academic research papers and other data – into training data for their platform on how to build teams.

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IT leaders get creative to fill data science gaps

CIO

Companies are struggling to hire true data scientists — the ones trained and experienced enough to work on complex and difficult problems that might have never been solved before. This has left data scientists not only bored but also frustrated that they weren’t focusing on the core work they have been trained to do.

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