Inside element, the Platform Powering Machine Learning at Walmart

Some details about how Walmart does machine learning at scale.

Ima Credit: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/25/walmart-unveils-an-a-i-powered-store-of-the-future-now-open-to-the-public/

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“Good artists borrow, great artists steal” , this is one of the controversial quotes attributed to Pablo Picasso. In the context of machine learning(ML), this quote certainly holds some validity as one of the best ways to design robust ML architectures is to steal ideas from the work done by large technology incumbents, These days, companies like Uber, LinkedIn, Airbnb, Walmart, Lyft, Spotify host some of the most complete ML infrastructures in the world and are certainly a source of inspiration for other real world ML architectures. Recently, Walmart revealed more details about element, the architecture…