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Through a maker’s lens
Through a maker’s lens

Jean Luc Godard, French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic, once said, “Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.”  Two and a half hours of a whole new world. No judgements of possibilities or impossibilities. No thoughts about real life. The...

AI in the gameplan
AI in the gameplan

When Avinash Singh, a 24-year-old debutant with no domestic cricket experience, came up in the player auctions of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at a base price of Rs 20 lakh, it was a slight surprise. And when he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore...

#TalentedTangrams: Life lessons from photorealism
#TalentedTangrams: Life lessons from photorealism

At some point in every school’s art class, students are asked to draw a basket of fruit. I was in the seventh grade when my teacher assigned this to us. What started out as a mindless task became an exercise in observing detail. I think I did a pretty good job for a...

Crayon Data’s ode to Gordon Moore
Crayon Data’s ode to Gordon Moore

Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel Corporation, and one of the most influential figures in the history of computing, passed on March 24, 2023. His groundbreaking observation, known as Moore's Law, predicted that the number of transistors on a microchip would double...

Eight reasons to join the Crayon Box
Eight reasons to join the Crayon Box

What do I say when a potential Crayon asks, "What makes your employer different from the rest?" As a Talent Ambassador at Crayon Data, such questions get me super excited. Here are my go-to points: We have a team with 10+ decades of collective industry expertise....

Crayon Spotlight: Women who #BreakTheBias
Crayon Spotlight: Women who #BreakTheBias

In 2022, the International Women’s Day theme asked us to “Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination.”   For many, it is a distant dream. And at Crayon, we’ve realized that neutralizing inherent gender biases is not...

#CrayonYearbook2021: Looking back with gratitude

It's time for the #CrayonYearbook! Thanks to our amazing Crayons, we've seen achievements aplenty in 2021. As the year winds down, we count down our top 10 moments. #10 Around the world with maya.ai Despite several borders still being shut, Crayon managed to go places...

Meet the Crayon Captains!
Meet the Crayon Captains!

"Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality." In our series, #CrayonCaptains, you'll meet the leaders who take our vision and help their teams bring it to life!

The accidental data scientist – Kanimozhi U
The accidental data scientist – Kanimozhi U

I never set out to be a data scientist. After a B Tech in information technology and ME in computer science, I started working on my PhD. My initial idea was to do research on point-of-care diagnostics for osteoporosis. I then switched to breast cancer prognosis and...

The Hippocratic Oath for product managers
The Hippocratic Oath for product managers

On October 27, 2012, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg emailed his then director of product development. He said, "I just can't think of any instances where data has leaked from developer to developer and caused a real issue for us.” If Zuckerberg...