# Using Word2Vec to Power a Recommendation Engine

DevFeed: [Using Word2Vec to Power a Recommendation Engine](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/using-word2vec-to-power-a-recommendation-engine-15944.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/using-word2vec-to-power-a-recommendation-engine>)

Author: Nicole Mitchell

Published: 2017-08-31T17:12:47Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Flask](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/flask.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>)

Tags: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-science.md>), [demo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/demo.md>), [flask](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flask.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [visualization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/visualization.md>)

## AI overview

Square interns describe an Intern Hack Week project that used Word2Vec and transaction data to explore a recommendation engine for food and beverage sellers. The prototype aimed to provide neighborhood-specific pricing and menu-item insights, and was implemented as a Python Flask app with D3 visualizations for demonstration purposes.

## Source excerpt

By Nicole Mitchell & Joy Wang