Dato raises $18.5 million to help small businesses tackle big data

Big data is an invaluable tool for companies in today’s data-driven markets, but it can be a difficult tool for smaller business to utilize. This is something that Dato, previously known as GraphLab, wants to fix by letting developers build apps that utilize machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities. Alongside the re-branding, the startup announced today that it has raised another $18.5 million in order to help further its goals.