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AI Firm Fundamental Launches NEXUS to Streamline Tabular Data Processing
San Francisco-based AI firm Fundamental launched NEXUS, a native foundation model designed to bypass manual ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes for tabular data, the company announced February 5, 2026. According to VentureBeat, this innovation addresses a "curious blind spot" in the deep learning revolution, where structured, relational data within ERP systems, CRMs, and financial ledgers has been treated as just another file format.
The current approach to forecasting business outcomes relies on "bespoke, labor-intensive data science process of manual feature engineering and classic machine learning algorithms that predate modern deep learning," VentureBeat reported. Fundamental, co-founded by DeepMind alumni, aims to streamline this process with NEXUS.
In other news from the financial sector, TIME Magazine, in partnership with Statista, released its first edition of "America’s Best Financial Services" list for 2026. The list, compiled using data collected from October to December 2025 via an online survey of over 20,000 consumers in the U.S., highlights top financial service providers across ten key product categories, ranging from banking and loans to investments and payment solutions. According to TIME, the list is intended to "provide a valuable guide" for consumers navigating the financial services landscape. The study was based on multi-dimension provider ratings from a nationwide survey, reflecting consumer experience and provider performance.
Meanwhile, in the world of scientific publishing, Nature issued corrections for two previously published articles. One correction, published on November 6, 2024, addressed labeling errors in Figs. 2 and 3 of an article titled "Colibactin-driven colon cancer requires adhesin-mediated epithelial binding." Specifically, certain instances of "ΔfimH" and "Δfmlh" were incorrectly labeled. The other correction, published on May 18, 2022, concerned assembly inaccuracies in the Extended Data of a manuscript titled "PHGDH heterogeneity potentiates cancer cell dissemination and metastasis." Nature clarified that the raw data published in the Supplementary Information was always correct, and the errors occurred during the assembly of the Extended Data Figure panels.
Separately, MIT Technology Review highlighted the challenges enterprises face in consolidating their IT systems. For decades, companies have adopted various technology solutions to address shifting business pressures, including cloud services, mobile apps, and IoT systems. While these solutions often delivered individual benefits, they have resulted in a "tangled web" of interconnected systems, creating a complex IT environment.
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