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Stan Christiaens · AI, Big Data, and Data Governance // Stan Christiaens, Collibra (FirstMark's Data Driven) · Jul 13, 2017 · at 10:00
Stan Christiaens, founder and CTO of Collibra, speaks at Data Driven NYC regarding artificial intelligence marketing hype and high-profile project failures.
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“Now several years later, and sixty million dollars down the drain, that initiative failed. It actually failed.”
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