{"id":158634,"date":"2025-03-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/towardsdatascience.com\/about-towards-data-science-d691af11cc2f\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T15:16:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T20:16:25","slug":"about-towards-data-science-d691af11cc2f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/towardsdatascience.com\/about-towards-data-science-d691af11cc2f\/","title":{"rendered":"About Towards Data Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Towards Data Science started in 2016 as a community-powered hub where data science and machine learning practitioners can share their knowledge and ideas with their peers \u2013 regardless of their location or background. 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