# Alteryx Ventures Announces Strategic Investment in Fiddler to Boost Machine Learning Operations for Customers **Krishna Gade** Founder and CEO We’re excited to announce a strategic investment from Alteryx, Inc., the Analytics Cloud Platform leader. This collaboration will enable Alteryx customers to operationalize their enterprise ML pipelines with increased [model governance](/content/blog/the-new-5-step-approach-to-model-governance-for-the-modern-enterprise/index.html) and improved performance using Fiddler’s [AI Observability](/content/ai-observability/index.html) (formerly Model Performance Management) platform. As organizations launch more ML models and AI applications into production, it is imperative to validate, monitor, and retrain in a continuous fashion. We are proud to partner with Alteryx to help customers connect AI and [model performance](/content/guides/the-ultimate-guide-to-ml-model-performance/index.html) to KPIs that drive better business outcomes. Asa Whillock, Vice President and General Manager of Alteryx Machine Learning at Alteryx, shares our excitement, stating, > “Alteryx recognizes the importance of operationalizing machine learning to accelerate insights and time to value. With Fiddler, we aligned around a common vision of democratizing machine learning and managing the performance of machine learning models. We expect our customers will be able to transform ML predictions into consistently better business decisions at a faster pace.” Building trust into AI is central to Fiddler’s mission, and our partnership with Alteryx will help establish [responsible AI](/content/responsible-ai/index.html) practices while democratizing analytics at many of the world's largest and most complex enterprises.