Anthony John Goldbloom (born 21 June 1983) is the founder and former CEO of

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, a

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which has used predictive modelling competitions to solve data problems for companies, such as

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and

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. Kaggle has operated across a range of fields, including mapping dark matter and

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has received considerable media attention following news that it had received $11.25 million in Series A funding from a round led by Khosla Ventures and

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. Goldbloom has been cited by Forbes Magazine as one of the 30 Under 30 in Technology, profiled by

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as part of its 'Who's Next?' series and by the

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. Goldbloom has been quoted in the

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, the Wall Street Journal, the Independent and has appeared on the Science Show Catalyst. In 2021, he joined AIX Ventures as an Investment Partner. AIX Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in artificial intelligence startups.

Background

Goldbloom was born in

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, and holds a first-class honours degree in

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

and

Econometrics Econometrics is an application of statistical methods to economic data in order to give empirical content to economic relationships. M. Hashem Pesaran (1987). "Econometrics", '' The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics'', v. 2, p. 8 p. 8 ...

from the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

. During high school, Goldbloom represented Australia in sailing, competing in the 2001 World Championships in Sydney in the 29er class. Goldbloom began his career working in the economic modeling unit of Australia's Department of Treasury and later spent time in the Research department at the

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. He conceived of the idea behind

while working as an intern at

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in London, when he was asked to write an article on the emerging area of "

big data Big data primarily refers to data sets that are too large or complex to be dealt with by traditional data processing, data-processing application software, software. Data with many entries (rows) offer greater statistical power, while data with ...

Personal life

Goldbloom lives with his wife in

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, where Kaggle is headquartered.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldbloom, Anthony 1983 births Living people Australian businesspeople University of Melbourne alumni Businesspeople from Melbourne Australian Jews