VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed - An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More. Today, data cloud major Snowflake announced the intent to acquire Ponder Data, a startup working to simplify access to Python data science libraries. Snowflake did provide the terms of the deal. But the company said the move will expand Python capabilities in its data platform, giving enterprise users and developers an easier way to work.The move marks another step from the company to improve support for Python, which is quickly becoming the preferred language for developing websites and software, task automation, data analysis, and data visualization. According to a recent from Stack Overflow, the popularity of Python has more than doubled between 2013 and 2023.How does Ponder help?Python data science libraries like Pandas are quite powerful — used by millions to prepare, transform, and analyze data in machine learning workflows

Despite its ease of use and data visualization features, Streamlit is struggling to prove its value when attempting to develop complex interactive web applications.

Inside Techstars Seattle Demo Night at MoPop in Seattle on Thursday. (GeekWire Photo / Nate Bek)It’s a unique time to graduate from a startup accelerator. The 12 teams that just completed a three-month stint with Techstars Seattle will navigate a slowing tech market and more cautious investors compared to recent years. “I think we can all agree that some of the most successful companies out there were born in the times of turmoil,” said Techstars Seattle Managing Director Marius Ciocirlan, speaking on stage at the Museum of Pop Culture Thursday night for the accelerator’s latest Demo Night. Techstars expanded to Seattle in 2010, and since then 132 companies have gone through the program. They have collectively raised more than $2.5 billion in private capital since graduating