Thoughtspot: Confused in Kentucky over AI for BI Plus Search Plus Analytics

August 3, 2018

i read “Nutanix Co-Founder Lures Away Its President to Be New CEO at ThoughtSpot.” The headline is a speed bump. But what puzzled me was this passage:

ThoughtSpot Inc. has hired Nutanix Inc.’s president as its new CEO. Sudheesh Nair joins ThoughtSpot about three months after the Palo Alto enterprise search business raised $145 million in a funding round that valued the company at more than $1 billion.

I added the emphasis on the phrase “enterprise search business.”

Search is not exactly the hottest buzzword around these days. After shock from the FAST Search & Transfer and IBM Watson adventures I hypothesize.

Now here’s the pothole: The ThoughtSpot Web site states:

Search & AI Driven analytics.

I noted the phrase “next generation analytics for the enterprise.” Plus, ThoughtSpot is a platform.

But what about artificial intelligence? Well, that’s part of the offering as well.

Remarkable: A Swiss Army knife. Many functions which may work in a pinch and certainly better than no knife at all.

But what’s the company do? Gartner suggests the firm has vision.

That helps. The first time around with FAST ESP and IBM Watson-like marketing the slow curves went right by the batters and the buyers. The billion dollar valuation is juicy as well. Another Autonomy? Worth watching.

Stephen E Arnold, August 3, 2018

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Analytics, Enterprise search, News

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.