Building open source developer tools for language applications
About this episode
In this episode of the Data Exchange I speak with Matthew Honnibal, founder of Explosion AI, a startup focused on building developer tools for AI and natural language processing. Matthew and team are the creators of popular tools like spaCy (NLP), Thinc (lightweight deep learning library), and Prodigy (annotation and active learning).
Our conversation focused on a range of topics including:
- spaCy
- Thinc
- Explosion AI and Prodigy
- Distributed computing with Ray
Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
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