SigOpt
SigOpt is a YC Winter 2015 (W15) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 23.
About SigOpt
Summary
SigOpt builds an optimization platform that tunes research and machine learning pipelines by running an ensemble of optimization algorithms against any existing workflow. Data scientists and researchers in insurance, credit card, algorithmic trading, and consumer packaged goods use it to replace manual hyperparameter search and experiment management. A self-hosted server option and a lightweight in-memory module let teams run SigOpt entirely within their own infrastructure.
Business model
Cloud-based optimization-as-a-service with a self-hosted server option and an open-source in-memory module.
Go-to-market
Targets data science and research teams at large enterprises across regulated and quantitative industries, reachable through both a managed cloud service and open-source self-serve installation via GitHub and pip.
From the Y Combinator listing
SigOpt is an Optimization-as-a-Service platform that seamlessly tunes…
SigOpt is the optimization platform that amplifies your research. SigOpt takes any research pipeline and tunes it, right in place. Our cloud-based ensemble of optimization algorithms is proven and seamless to deploy, and is used by globally recognized leaders within the insurance, credit card, algorithmic trading and consumer packaged goods industries.
Facts
- B2B / B2B -> Engineering, Product and Design
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 23
- Acquired
- Growth
Founders (1)
- Scott Clark
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