When was dataxu founded

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You may not alter the images provided, other than to crop them to size. A credit line must be used when reproducing images; if one is not provided below, credit the images to "MIT. Previous image Next image. Founded in , the startup leverages big data to choose the most relevant advertisements for users in real-time, with aims of helping companies see the greatest return on investment ROI in online marketing.

In less than one millisecond, the software determines which advertisement from a pool of clients will most likely ensure that a user will act — by clicking through or eventually purchasing a product — while calculating the cost of the advertisement down to fractions of a penny. It also learns patterns for advertisements that will work best for certain users, or groups of users.

Historically, marketing has not been an exact science, Simmons says, with ROI outcomes based on rough approximations. Ford, for instance, saw a 20 percent increase in shopping outcomes, such as requesting car quotes; another client, Franklin University, saw a percent increase in requests for enrollment information.

One project involved building a kernel called object-processing networks OPN that narrowed down best designs for system architecture based on numerous variables. Using OPN, they weighed every combination of mission parameter — such as orbit trajectory, crew, rocket size, and technology — and winnowed down a potential 35 billion missions to a mere 1, But the real innovation behind the algorithms was speed.

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