EXPERTMAKER

Today, eBay announced it has agreed to acquire Sweden-based Expertmaker, which specializes in providing intelligent solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and big data analytics. Expertmaker has been a partner of eBay's since 2010, most recently helping with eBay's structured data initiative. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed... Expertmaker was founded in 2006 by Lars Hard. Prior to Expertmaker, Hard was involved in founding a variety of startups with a focus in advanced AI, machine learning, math and big data, including Lytics.ai and Dragonfire Research. Hard will continue to lead his team as a part of eBay and serve as a visiting lecturer at Lund University in Sweden... Expertmaker's technology, expertise and talented engineers will play an important role in helping advance eBay's structured data initiative.

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