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Prediction Not checkable as stated
Big data infrastructure startups launching in 2014 will lack successful exits
“If you're coming out as a Vertica today, you're not going to have a happy ending.”
Chris Lynch Jun 26, 2014 ▶ 12:25 Chris Lynch, Atlas Venture // Data Driven #28 // June 2014 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Uber transitioned from ETL into Vertica to EL into Hadoop
“We went from an ETL model, where we scraped from, like, the original source, transformed the data and loaded to Vertica, to, like, just an EL model, where we just, like, just copy the data as soon as possible into, like, Hadoop, and all the transformation can …”
Praveen Murugesan Sep 30, 2016 ▶ 6:19 The Uber Big Data Story // Praveen Murugesan, Uber (Data Driven NYC / FirstMark)
Assertion Partly supported
Vertica was acquired for approximately $400 million
“We sold the company for about four hundred million dollars.”
Chris Lynch Jun 26, 2014 ▶ 4:18 Chris Lynch, Atlas Venture // Data Driven #28 // June 2014 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
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