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GitLab-spinoff Meltano raises another $8.2M for its open-source DataOps platform

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As Meltano CEO and GitLab veteran Douwe Maan told me, the original idea behind Meltano was to build an end-to-end data platform, but then the team narrowed its focus back to ELT again between 2020 and 2021, with the Singer open-source ELT tool as its core component.

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InnerSource, a practice that brings open-source principles to internal software development within organizations

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InnerSource can be defined as the application of open-source software development principles within an organization’s internal software development processes. It draws on the valuable lessons learned from open-source projects and adapts them to the context of how companies create software internally.

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Vectorized announces $15.5M investment to build simpler streaming data tool

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Kafka has existed as an open source tool for a decade. Today the company released its first product, Redpanda , an open source tool designed to make it easier for developers to build streaming data applications. Streaming data is not new. While it was at it, the startup announced a $15.5

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Using machine learning to improve dialog flow in conversational applications

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The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Alan Nichol on building a suite of open source tools for chatbot developers. In this episode of the Data Show , I spoke with Alan Nichol , co-founder and CTO of Rasa , a startup that builds open source tools to help developers and product teams build conversational applications.

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5 ways to improve mental health for software developers

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Lorna Mitchell is head of Developer Relations at Aiven , a software company that combines the best open source technologies with cloud infrastructure. Many developers give much of their time to open source projects. Giving developers permission to contribute to open source can make them feel more valued.

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Google’s AI innovations at Cloud Next 2025: What CIOs need to know

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During his one hour forty minute-keynote, Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud showcased updates around most of the companys offerings, including new large language models (LLMs) , a new AI accelerator chip, new open source frameworks around agents, and updates to its data analytics, databases, and productivity tools and services among others.

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Union AI raises $19.1M Series A to simplify AI and data workflows with Flyte

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Union AI , a Bellevue, Washington–based open source startup that helps businesses build and orchestrate their AI and data workflows with the help of a cloud-native automation platform, today announced that it has raised a $19.1 But the Union AI platform isn’t simply building Flyte-as-a-service.