DataHack Radio #23: Ines Montani and Matthew Honnibal – The Brains behind spaCy

Introduction
What would you do if you had the chance to pick the brains behind one of the most popular Natural Language Processing (NLP) libraries of our era? A library that has helped usher in the current boom in NLP applications and nurtured tons of NLP scientists?
Well – you invite the creators on our popular DataHack Radio podcast and let them do the talking! We are delighted to welcome Ines Montani and Matt Honnibal, the developers of spaCy – a powerful and advanced library for NLP.
That’s right – everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the wonderful spaCy library is right here in the latest DataHack Radio podcast.
This podcast is a 40 minute+ bonanza for NLP enthusiasts and practitioners. Ines and Matt spoke about all things spaCy and NLP, including:
- The idea behind developing spaCy
- spaCy’s awesome evolution from the first alpha release