Tamr, a US-based startup that combines machine learning and expert input to automate data curation, has come out of stealth mode and gained $16m in funding from investors including Google Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of Google, according to TechCrunch.
Google was joined in the round by venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates.
The company’s product is based upon research from universities such as MIT and Brown University, and has been tested and used for corporate data at businesses like open source data company Paradigm4 and database creator VoltDB.
Rich Miner an investment partner at Google Ventures said: “Tamr creates significant enterprise value. Businesses can’t keep up with the number and depth of data sources exploding within their companies. Tamr combines machine learning and corporate knowledge to unlock a unified view of companies’ most valued data repositories.”
As part of the deal, Miner will join Tamr’s board of directors, along with Peter Barris of New Enterprise Associates.