We’re seeing an increase in demand for hybrid AI deployments. This trend can be attributed to a number of factors. First of all, many enterprises look to hybrid solutions to address data locality, in accordance with a rise in regulation and data privacy considerations. Secondly, there is a growing number of smart edge devices powering innovative new services across industries.

Data science has become an important capability for enterprises looking to solve complex, real-world problems, and generate operational models that deliver business value across all domains. More and more businesses are investing in ML capabilities, putting together data science teams to develop innovative, predictive models that provide the enterprise with a competitive edge — be it providing better customer service or optimizing logistics and maintenance of systems or machinery.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are relentlessly revolutionizing marketplaces and ushering in radical, disruptive changes that threaten incumbent companies with obsolescence. To maintain a competitive edge and gain entry into new business segments, many companies are racing to build and deploy AI applications.

Simplifying feature engineering for building real-time ML pipelines might just be the next holy grail of data science. It’s incredibly difficult and highly complex, but it’s also desperately needed for multiple use cases across dozens of industries. Currently, feature engineering is siloed between data scientists, who search for and create the features, and data engineers, who rewrite the code for a production environment.