data.world’s Growth Accelerates at Anniversary of Latest
AUSTIN, Texas, March 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — data.world, the enterprise data catalog for the modern data stack, today announced that the company is continuing its rapid growth trajectory, a year after its Series C financing round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Among recent highlights, the company has surpassed two million members of its open data marketplace community, continued its work with the Associated Press (AP), expanded its team, and expanded its board of directors.
“We are a proud Certified B Corporation and believe that when you do good, you do good. Our open data community, which now has more than two million members and hosts nearly 500,000 datasets on a free data marketplace, proves the scale that cloud-native data catalogs can achieve. Our community includes over 90% of the Fortune 500 and over 3,400 of the approximately 4,000 universities in the United States. From tens of thousands of enterprise users to local journalists, it’s amazing when you consider that there are now over two million users we use data.world to search for and discover new data,” said Brett Hurt, co-founder and data.world CEO “With the help of our newest board member, Anita Lynch, whose years of experience in leading data and analytics teams is unparalleled in the industry, we will continue to prove why data.world is unrivaled in the catalog space when it comes to tools to develop that can drive innovation through the use of data.”
Expansion of the Open Data Community Marketplace
The data.world open data community acts as a data marketplace for hundreds of thousands of datasets that are made available for public use by companies, nonprofits, and academic institutions. Organizations use this data to enrich internal data with external perspectives, such as B. Trends in demographics, weather and small business development.
The ease of finding and consuming this data within the data.world community marketplace allows users to develop projects on the platform and work with data in context to uncover insights otherwise hidden in internal data sources. The community is open to the general publicand also enables insights for data.world enterprise data catalog customers like AP.
Collaboration with Associated Press
data.world continues to work with AP, one of the world’s largest news organizations, to help the organization’s members and customers access data and use it for articles more effectively. The AP supplies data for articles to hundreds of newsrooms across the country, but in the past local partners have found it difficult to leverage that data. The integration with data.world has enabled the AP to increase the number of datasets in its data distribution program, eliminate redundant tools, avoid significant expenses in building a technology solution from scratch, and provide its users with a streamlined customer experience.
“Working with data.world has helped us provide best-in-class data journalism for our member news organizations and clients. Not only can these news outlets access the data and analytics that power our data-driven journalism, but also any person or entity anywhere in the world thanks to data.world’s open community,” said Daisy Veerasingham, AP President and CEO.
Welcoming new board member Anita Lynch
data.world welcomed Anita Lynch, a veteran data executive with experience at The Walt Disney Company, Amazon and New Relic, to its board of directors, where she served as one of the first black women to serve as chief data officer for a US publicly traded company. Lynch also serves on the boards of directors of Nasdaq US Exchanges, Infogain, and Hungryroot, and continues to volunteer at Harvard Business School, where she received her MBA.
“data.world is the industry’s most powerful data catalog, participating in best-in-class partner integrations, taking its customers to new innovative heights and transforming the way data communities work together. At a time of economic uncertainty for many organizations, data management is a critical cost saving and strategic investment in the foundation of AI. The growth of data.world is a testament to customer demand for the right tools at the right time,” said Lynch. “I’m honored to join the company’s board of directors at a time of rapid growth in its partnerships, offerings and community membership. I look forward to the exciting developments we have in store.”
Expansion of the data.world team
The data.world workforce also grew by almost 40% last year to more than 140 employees. The company added key executives in several departments including Tim GasperChief Customer Officer (promoted from VP of Product); Stephanie McReynoldsmarketing chief; Richard YonkersChief Revenue Officer; Mineo Sakan, Vice President of Finance; And Blyn BuckleyVice President of Customer Success.
About data.world
data.world is an enterprise data catalog for the modern data stack. Its cloud-native Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform combines a consumer-grade user experience with a powerful knowledge graph to deliver improved data discovery, agile data management, and actionable insights. data.world is a Certified B Corporation and nonprofit, and home to the world’s largest collaborative open data community with more than two million members, including ninety percent of the Fortune 500. Our company holds 62 patents and has been recognized as one of the best in Austin awarded Places to Work seven years in a row. follow us on LinkedIn, TwitterAnd Facebookor join us.
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