The Data Incubator
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education, Data science training |
| Founded | 1 January 2014 in New York City, United States |
| Founder | Tianhui Michael Li |
| Headquarters | New York City , United States |
Area served | United States, United Kingdom, Malaysia (international campuses) |
| Products | Data science fellowship program, corporate training, job placement services |
| Website | www |
The Data Incubator is a company focused on data science education, offering specialized corporate training and job placement services in the data science field. Its flagship offering is an intensive 8-week fellowship program designed to equip individuals holding Master's degrees and PhDs with the skills necessary to pursue careers in big data and data science.
Founding
Established in 2014 in New York City by Tianhui Michael Li, who previously worked as a data scientist at the startup Foursquare and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, The Data Incubator originated within the Cornell Tech ecosystem. Initially, the fellowship was offered at no cost, funded by companies seeking to hire graduates; it now charges $10,000 for online participation and $18,000 for in-person cohorts. The organization maintains four locations: New York City, Washington DC, San Francisco, and an Online campus. Moreover, it delivers corporate training programs to clients including Fortune 500 companies.
The inaugural cohort attracted over 1,000 applications from more than 80 different universities, with an acceptance rate below 3%, highlighting its highly competitive nature. Business Insider has recognized it as one of the top 15 most selective programs worldwide, boasting admission rates more stringent than those of Harvard.
Growth
By 2015, The Data Incubator had expanded its presence to include campuses in Washington, DC and San Francisco. Later that year, it inaugurated its first overseas campus through a collaboration with The Center of Applied Data Science located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, supported by the Malaysian government.
In the same year, Data Economy ranked The Data Incubator as the second-leading data science incubator.
April 2016 marked the program’s entry into the United Kingdom market, facilitated by government support via The Data Lab.
In March 2018, The Data Incubator formed a partnership with SAP Fieldglass's Digital Network to provide access to highly qualified data science professionals.
Data Science in 30 Minutes Online Lecture Series
The organization produces "Data Science in 30 Minutes," a recurring online lecture series showcasing prominent figures in data science such as:
- Andreas Mueller, core contributor to scikit-learn and researcher at NYU
- Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, founder of both SIGKDD and KDD
- Matei Zaharia, professor at Stanford and founder of Databricks
- Alan Schwarz, journalist nominated for a Pulitzer Prize by the New York Times
- Kirk Borne, Principal Data Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton
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