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James Cham was introduced to us by our longtime pal Harper Reed. He’s a partner at Bloomberg Beta and all around interesting guy. We’re pleased to have him on the page this week. -Colin (CJN) Tell us about yourself. I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles. When I was i … | Continue reading
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Noah here. A few years ago I had an idea for a fun quasi-art project that combined machine learning (ML) and language (keeping things vague in case I decide to make it happen). I pitched a very large publication on using their archives as the corpus—the material you use to train … | Continue reading
Colin here. The lunchtime industrial complex in New York is quite a thing. Restaurants are vying to both have the on-trend health options du jour (think Sweetgreen, Little Beet, and Cava) and also process hordes of people in a timely way. Added to this, the rise of Seamless, Post … | Continue reading