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The two loops of building algorithmic products

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Taivo Pungas

03 Apr 2019 • 1 min read
The two loops of building algorithmic products

This is a talk I gave at a Zen of Data Teams event in Tallinn.

The full slides are here.

My talk starts at 50:53.

The two loops of building algorithmic products
The two loops of building algorithmic products (experimental) Taivo Pungas, Automation Lead taivo.pungas@veriff.com
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