Jeremy from DataRobot here. Thanks for the support! We're looking forward to releasing the product and showing off all of our hard work!
Simone: Thanks for the congrats and all your help during and after techstars.
NnamdiJr: I did mention Xavier to the wsj--not sure why they didn't include him in the article. Xavier has been working with us full time for close to a year now. Him and I have been good friends and collaborators for over 2 years now. It is true that Xavier was ranked #1 for a very long time. If it wasn't for him taking time away from competitions to work on DataRobot, he may still be ranked #1. Owen, the current #1 ranked Data Scientist, worked with us at Travelers and I've known him and his wife for about 10 years now. Thus, I would say that so far we are recruiting from the intersection of our own network and the Kaggle leaderboard. That said, I think recruiting kaggle-proven data scientists is one of the best ways to ensure you hire a quality data scientist (although there are plenty of other factors that matter like real-world experience building and implementing predictive models).
acoyfellow: There are some startups using Datarobot. We have a cloud product for SMB's and startups as well as an on-premise version for enterprise.
jawns and blauwbilgorgel: Sometimes I use "Data Scientist" and "Statistician" interchangeably, but I do think that stats is a subset of data science (I subscribe to Drew Conways venn diagram definition of a data scientist). I do know plenty of people who call themselves statisticians but actually meet all the criteria for being a data scientist. Regardless of what they call themselves, true data scientists are extremely rare.
If there are any true data scientists (by Drew Conway's definition) that are interested in working with us, please send us an email at careers @ datarobot. We are also looking for great Python, Javascript, and Spark engineers. http://www.datarobot.com/careers/
Simone: Thanks for the congrats and all your help during and after techstars.
NnamdiJr: I did mention Xavier to the wsj--not sure why they didn't include him in the article. Xavier has been working with us full time for close to a year now. Him and I have been good friends and collaborators for over 2 years now. It is true that Xavier was ranked #1 for a very long time. If it wasn't for him taking time away from competitions to work on DataRobot, he may still be ranked #1. Owen, the current #1 ranked Data Scientist, worked with us at Travelers and I've known him and his wife for about 10 years now. Thus, I would say that so far we are recruiting from the intersection of our own network and the Kaggle leaderboard. That said, I think recruiting kaggle-proven data scientists is one of the best ways to ensure you hire a quality data scientist (although there are plenty of other factors that matter like real-world experience building and implementing predictive models).
acoyfellow: There are some startups using Datarobot. We have a cloud product for SMB's and startups as well as an on-premise version for enterprise.
jawns and blauwbilgorgel: Sometimes I use "Data Scientist" and "Statistician" interchangeably, but I do think that stats is a subset of data science (I subscribe to Drew Conways venn diagram definition of a data scientist). I do know plenty of people who call themselves statisticians but actually meet all the criteria for being a data scientist. Regardless of what they call themselves, true data scientists are extremely rare.
If there are any true data scientists (by Drew Conway's definition) that are interested in working with us, please send us an email at careers @ datarobot. We are also looking for great Python, Javascript, and Spark engineers. http://www.datarobot.com/careers/