Gigaom | Why Trifacta is teaching humans and data to work together
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While Trifacta wants to span the spectrum in terms of appeal, though, its real profit center should come in the vast middle with everyday data analysts. These folks and their employers will be overwhelmed by the volume, variety and expectations that come along with big data, and will pay the price in terms of wasted time and money. The company has raised $4.3 million from Accel Partners, as well as additional funding from X/Seed Capital, Data Collective, and angel investors Dave Goldberg, Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman. Big players within the data ecosystem, including Tableau and Cloudera, are already on board as supporters, citing the improved utility of their products when users can reduce the barriers of actually doing analysis. “Until that happens,” he said, “the big data wave is going to hit a wall.” CEO Hellerstein doesn’t mind acting as the on-ramp, even if it means Trifacta won’t likely get all the glory of its somewhat more-exciting peers.
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