illumex’s Generative Semantic Fabric platform was recognized for its innovative approach to making enterprise data AI-ready
New York, USA, August 21, 2024 — illumex, the Generative Semantic Fabric platform for structured enterprise data, today announced that it had been named “Data Technology Startup of the Year” in the 5th annual Data Breakthrough Awards program. This recognition underscores illumex’s innovative approach to solving critical data challenges faced by enterprises in the era of generative AI.
illumex’s Generative Semantic Fabric automates the process of discovering, mapping, and adding semantic meaning to structured enterprise data. By creating a unified semantic knowledge graph that aligns all data with consistent business terminology and context, illumex enables organizations to leverage their data more effectively for AI and analytics initiatives.
“We’re honored to receive this recognition from Data Breakthrough,” said Inna Tokarev Sela, Founder and CEO of illumex. “As organizations strive to integrate data from disparate sources to support analytics and AI across their data stack, effectively leveraging large language models is becoming imperative. Our mission is to get organizations GenAI-ready and to enable reliable and productive interactions between AI tools and users.”
The annual Data Breakthrough Awards is the premier awards program founded to recognize data technology innovators, leaders and visionaries from around the world in a range of categories, including DataOps, Data Analytics, AI, Business Intelligence, Data Privacy, Data Storage and many more. The 5th annual Data Breakthrough Award program attracted thousands of nominations from across the globe.
“illumex enables error-free and fast data-driven decision-making by automatically mapping data and analytics. AI tools offer a competitive edge – from enhancing productivity to augmenting the decision-making processes. Yet there are challenges in effectively leveraging organizational data via LLMs,” said Steve Johansson, Managing Director, Data Breakthrough. “illumex reduces the occurrence of data hallucinations, minimizes the impact of data silos, and creates a unified data language. We’re thrilled to name them ‘Data Technology Startup of the Year’ as they enhance trust in AI and data insights, enabling organizations to pursue truly data-driven decision-making.”
About illumex
illumex empowers organizations to unlock the full value of their enterprise data through its Generative Semantic Fabric. The company’s turnkey platform automates the complex process of mapping data semantics and resolving terminological inconsistencies across business silos – a critical step for achieving AI and GenAI readiness. By enabling transparent and governed data interactions with LLMs, illumex opens up transformative enterprise use cases for generative AI. The company was founded by Inna Tokarev Sela, former AVP & Head of AI at Sisense and Senior Director of Machine Learning at SAP, who brings two decades of experience leading large-scale initiatives to leverage data for AI. illumex recently secured $13M in seed funding led by Cardumen Capital, Amdocs Ventures, and Samsung Ventures. For more information, visit https://illumex.ai/
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