# What is minimum viable data?

DevFeed: [What is minimum viable data?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-minimum-viable-data-10204.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/what-is-minimum-viable-data/>)

Author: Herbert Lui

Published: 2024-06-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-learning-artificial-intelligence.md>), [FIRST](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/first.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [ethics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethics.md>), [machine-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-learning.md>)

## AI overview

The article introduces "minimum viable data," emphasizing that AI quality depends on data that adequately represents end users and business needs. It discusses how omissions and historical bias can harm people, and urges product builders to assess data quality and whether AI and machine learning are appropriate for the problem.

## Source excerpt

As many focus on the possibilities and limitations of AI tools and their output, Ovetta Sampson reminds us to pay attention to the power of the input.