Paxata

<p>Paxata is a privately owned software company headquartered in <a href="/facts/Redwood_City%2c_California/tgxq3E29">Redwood City, California</a>. It develops self-service data preparation software that gets data ready for <a href="/facts/Data_analytics/JWD5D9cM">data analytics</a> software. Paxata's software is intended for <a href="/facts/Business_analyst/NUK8rQHx">business analysts</a>, as opposed to technical staff. It is used to combine data from different sources, then check it for <a href="/facts/Data_quality/Hr9APbfG">data quality</a> issues, such as duplicates and outliers. Algorithms and <a href="/facts/Machine_learning/e0w0XJTu">machine learning</a> automate certain aspects of data preparation and users work with the software through a user-interface similar to <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Excel/Ezal6G75">Excel</a> spreadsheets.
</p><p>The company was founded in January 2012 and operated in <a href="/facts/Stealth_mode/LSMt9rVc">stealth mode</a> until October 2013. It received more than $10 million in venture funding before being acquired by DataRobot.
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