Virtual-Strategy Magazine — May 15, 2013

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Ersatz is the perfect tool for those interested in making more accurate predictions on highly complex time-series datasets. This product is essential for just about any company where the accuracy of predictions makes a big difference to the bottom line.

As far as competitive landscape, Google is perhaps the most important player in this developing market. They already use deep learning techniques for voice recognition in their Google mobile app.

They have also made several key hires in the past several months, perhaps most notably Geoffrey Hinton and Ray Kurzweil, both titans in the field. However, Google does not currently have a product that offers other businesses the ability to use this technology in their own products. […]