Big data creates big opportunities for businesses to better understand their customers, employees, and markets with algorithms that detect trends and predict future outcomes. Predictive Analytics packages in the Topcoder Marketplace tap into the power of crowdsourcing to develop algorithmic and machine learning solutions that leverage your data to predict key precursors and events. Within weeks you receive high-quality code tested against your data as well as expert analysis of the results. Experts from the Topcoder Community work with you to formulate and run a crowdsourcing competition tailored to your data and business issue, and you have an opportunity to see multiple solutions in action. All deliverables are fixed-fee and you pay only for the winning code, not hours.