Anthony Goldbloom built and led Kaggle, the world's largest community of data scientists, before becoming a venture investor at AIX Ventures, giving him hands-on experience with how top ML practitioners actually work and solve problems. He pioneered the use of global machine learning competitions to benchmark real-world problem-solving talent, providing him with a data-driven approach to evaluating which AI approaches and technical teams are likely to succeed. Anthony Goldbloom built and led Kaggle, the world's largest community of data scientists, before becoming a venture investor at AIX Ventures, giving him hands-on experience with how top ML practitioners actually work and solve problems. He pioneered the use of global machine learning competitions to benchmark real-world problem-solving talent, providing him with a data-driven approach to evaluating which AI approaches and technical teams are likely to succeed.