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With decades of industry expertise, Data Mercatus prioritizes your strategic goals and use cases first, leveraging AI-driven insights to identify the external data that best fits your needs—enabling you to confidently align data with your objectives and accelerate your success. Learn what makes Data Mercatus a distinctive and one-of-a-kind solution here.

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By Data Experts, for Data-Driven Innovators

The founders of Data Mercatus are seasoned data and analytics professionals with extensive experience at industry leaders like Oracle, Teradata, Salesforce, and FICO. After years of working within the data ecosystem, they consistently observed the challenges companies face when developing a robust data strategy—particularly in tapping the immense potential of third-party external data to drive more accurate insights and improved business outcomes.

With the rise of generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), they recognized an opportunity to empower data-driven professionals to quickly evaluate and leverage external data, without getting bogged down in the overwhelming complexity of navigating multiple data marketplaces and products.

Data Mercatus doesn’t offer a one-size-fits-all approach. Instead, it serves as a strategic guide—helping you uncover the most relevant data for your specific use cases. Even if you don’t have use cases in mind, Data Mercatus will help you identify the best ones and point you to the right external data to unleash their value potential. By doing so, Data Mercatus ensures you move forward with clarity and confidence, saving valuable time while reducing your risk.

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Inspirational Resources

Data Mercatus draws inspiration from some of the most influential thought leaders and pioneering researchers in the field. Explore their work and insights on our Resources page, and stay tuned as we share more about how their expertise aligns with the ways Data Mercatus enhances your outcomes.