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Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #9

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Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #9

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Post by lizen_one »

zurfer wrote: post #5

Hi everyone, my name is Rick and with my co-founders Sven and Théo we are building Snowboard ( https://www.snowboard.software/ ). Snowboard is a fast and automated data catalog for the Snowflake data cloud. It helps teams find, understand and trust their data assets. In past jobs, I (Rick) rolled out Snowflake at a manufacturer with 11000 employees and $2B in revenue, and Théo built the data team and infrastructure a…

That is a very interesting idea. As far as I understand, you generate the information purely read only.

Column statistics: Sample data randomly and calculate estimator from that.

Data Lineage/usage: From the queries (and 'similar' stuff like materialized views. It seems like that currenltly have only lineage on table level, i.e. which table depends on which tables. Do you plan to implement data lineage on column level, i.e. which column depends on which column? This sounds challenging and very interesting.

I tried to watch the demo video on your website, but it was too small and maximizing the video is disabled (Firefox). So I had to click through to youtube. I'm not sure if this is intended.

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #9

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Post by calderarrow »

aakashns wrote: post #3

Hi HN, we're Aakash and Siddhant of Jovian ( https://www.jovian.ai/ ). We run a 6-month program that helps working professionals with a background in programming, statistics or analytics land their first data science job. Four years ago, we quit our jobs and spent several months learning data science and deep learning. We completed several online courses, read some books, and participated in some Kaggle competitions.…

I am always in favor of programs which make education more accessible and straightforward. I've never used your platform, but it seems like it's a move in that direction.

I know that YC has also funded Lambda School, which offers a data science course, but their payment model is based primarily on ISAs. Did you consider ISA payment plans, and if so, why did you go with the flat fee? If not, do you think you would want to move to an ISA payment system as you scale?

Congratulations on the launch and best of luck!

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #9

#13

Post by aakashns »

calderarrow wrote: post #12
aakashns wrote: post #3

Hi HN, we're Aakash and Siddhant of Jovian ( https://www.jovian.ai/ ). We run a 6-month program that helps working professionals with a background in programming, statistics or analytics land their first data science job. Four years ago, we quit our jobs and spent several months learning data science and deep learning. We completed several online courses, read some books, and participated in some Kaggle competitions.…

I am always in favor of programs which make education more accessible and straightforward. I've never used your platform, but it seems like it's a move in that direction. I know that YC has also funded Lambda School, which offers a data science course, but their payment model is based primarily on ISAs. Did you consider ISA payment plans, and if so, why did you go with the flat fee? If not, do you think you would wan…

Thanks for your support! We also offer several free courses, so do check them out if you're curious: https://www.jovian.ai

Our program is designed primarily for working professionals with some background in programming, analytics or statistics. We've found that most of them are comfortable with paying program fees upfront or monthly.

However, we do also offer an ISA option in cases where students are unable to pay upfront.

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #9

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Post by zurfer »

lizen_one wrote: post #11
zurfer wrote: post #5

Hi everyone, my name is Rick and with my co-founders Sven and Théo we are building Snowboard ( https://www.snowboard.software/ ). Snowboard is a fast and automated data catalog for the Snowflake data cloud. It helps teams find, understand and trust their data assets. In past jobs, I (Rick) rolled out Snowflake at a manufacturer with 11000 employees and $2B in revenue, and Théo built the data team and infrastructure a…

That is a very interesting idea. As far as I understand, you generate the information purely read only. Column statistics: Sample data randomly and calculate estimator from that. Data Lineage/usage: From the queries (and 'similar' stuff like materialized views. It seems like that currenltly have only lineage on table level, i.e. which table depends on which tables. Do you plan to implement data lineage on column leve…

Thanks for your thoughtful comment and pointing out the video problem! It should be fixed now.

Column Level Usage is something we are looking into. We also have some ideas. It seems like a solvable problem but as you said challenging. :)

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #9

#16

Post by g_p »

betamaxthetape wrote: post #8
jiaweicli wrote: post #4

We're Jiawei and Jialu of Tuli Health ( https://tuli.health/ ). We let people get medical diagnostics quickly and safely in a pharmacy close to home, instead of going to a hospital. We're based in the UK. I have a MD PhD from University College London, and Jialu has been a software engineer for the past 10 years. We’ve lived in London for a decade and while we appreciate the NHS, we also wished for a world where we c…

This is an interesting idea. I agree with you that going to get a Covid test from a local pharmacy has made me wish that other similar diagnosis were available from pharmacies, rather than requiring a trip to a hospital. I'm curious as to how you will integrate into the existing UK healthcare system. Will you have access to my NHS records? Will the results of these tests appear on my NHS records? Will these tests be…

> Will these tests be covered by the NHS?

The marketing copy on the website seems to suggest this is for private healthcare ("All your private healthcare needs in one app")

I will be interested to see how this goes, because the sentiment outlined in the OP can be quite controversial in the UK healthcare market ("while we appreciate the NHS, we also wished for a world where...") - for international context, the NHS employs 1 in 17 people in the UK, and there is an almost irrational love for it. The UK's initial covid lockdown message even featured it as an imperative - "Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save lives". A push towards private healthcare (at point of use) may well be a challenging sell, though perhaps a primarily-urban market might accept it more.

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #9

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Post by tapeless_tunic »

zurfer wrote: post #5

Hi everyone, my name is Rick and with my co-founders Sven and Théo we are building Snowboard ( https://www.snowboard.software/ ). Snowboard is a fast and automated data catalog for the Snowflake data cloud. It helps teams find, understand and trust their data assets. In past jobs, I (Rick) rolled out Snowflake at a manufacturer with 11000 employees and $2B in revenue, and Théo built the data team and infrastructure a…

Working as a data engineer, I can see how big of a problem this is. At my company, we waste loads of time cleaning up garbage tables, finding the right data, and duplicating work.

Does snowflake have any plans of building a similar cataloging infrastructure?

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #9

#20

Post by tapeless_tunic »

aakashns wrote: post #3

Hi HN, we're Aakash and Siddhant of Jovian ( https://www.jovian.ai/ ). We run a 6-month program that helps working professionals with a background in programming, statistics or analytics land their first data science job. Four years ago, we quit our jobs and spent several months learning data science and deep learning. We completed several online courses, read some books, and participated in some Kaggle competitions.…

Love it! Almost every professional could benefit from improved data literacy.

Have you thought about selling courses into large organizations? e.g. "SQL + Statistics for marketers", I would love to see something like this.

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