Weekly DaaS Roundup for May 29

NEWS, READS AND MORE

Roundtable Recap: Selling to AI Agents World of DaaS

Our latest roundtable explored how data companies can adapt to AI agents as buyers, with a focus on readiness, discoverability, and evolving pricing models.

Alternative Data Challenges FICO's Credit Scoring Dominance PYMNTS

The growing use of alternative data, such as rental payments and bank account activity, is pressuring FICO's traditional model, prompting regulatory scrutiny and encouraging new competitors to enter the market.

LexisNexis Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Information The Verge

A breach at LexisNexis exposed personal data, including Social Security numbers, of over 364,000 people.

Health Data Without Borders: Advancing Global Collaboration for Preventive Healthcare Healthcare IT News

The European Health Data Space marks a major milestone in EU digital policy, creating the first unified framework for secure, interoperable cross-border health data sharing across all Member States.

Elevating AI Outcomes Through Enhanced Unstructured Data Quality Harvard Business Review

To maximize the value of generative AI, organizations must improve the quality of their unstructured data as this proprietary content enhances AI's relevance, reduces inaccuracies, and delivers greater economic benefits.

WORLD OF DAAS SPONSOR HIGHLIGHT

Companies know Environics Analytics as Canada’s Premier creator of data and analytic solutions in Canada. Environics takes their knowledge and uses Snowflake, Databricks and other current tech to create reliable anonymized mobile data products to fuel insights. See how Environics Analytics has overcome technical challenges by combining SDK data from several aggregators and harnessed Carrier data to create the most accurate estimates of foot traffic in Canada, all within an ISO certified environment.

🎧 THE LATEST WOD PODCAST 🎧

LiveKit CEO Russ D’Sa

Russ d'Sa is the founder and CEO of LiveKit, the infrastructure company powering real-time voice for OpenAI's ChatGPT, Character.ai, and numerous AI applications.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Russ and Auren discuss:

• The evolution of voice AI

• Turn detection and conversational dynamics

• Real-time infrastructure for AI

• Copilots vs autopilots for the future

M&A AND FUNDING

WELCOME WORLD OF DAAS MEMBERS

We’re excited to welcome our newest Founding Members to the World of DaaS community: Jonathan Carson, Ben Dowling, Alexander Hitchcock, Jeff Jonas, Bill Kirk, Or Lenchner, Pete Sheridan, Chauncey Southworth

If you are a DaaS leader and want to be part of this growing community, apply to join World of DaaS and get access to private events, curated connections, and more.

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