Thank you for your interest!
We welcome contributed content from guests that share insights for our audience of enterprise technical decision-makers.
We are only looking for the highest-quality original articles that have not been published elsewhere (in whole or in part) and that don’t come across as vested (explicitly or implicitly) towards a company’s product or approach.
While we understand that tools such as ChatGPT or Claude are useful for idea generation, we will not accept pieces that are flagged as written by AI.
You’ll find everything you need to know to successfully submit an article here. Please make sure to follow these guidelines carefully, or your article will not be accepted.
Submission Guidelines
What we’re looking for:
We’re looking for articles that give actionable insights to enterprise decision-makers on the following topics:
- AI and machine learning (ML)
- Data infrastructure and enterprise analytics
- Security
We are particularly on the lookout for technical deep dives into new and evolving tools, techniques and technologies like large language models (LLMs), AI agents, databases and non-promotional explorations of new models and features.
We appeal to specific personas in the enterprise, including:
- LLM decision makers who are hands-on and focused on the rapid deployment and fine-tuning of models to achieve business goals.
- AI orchestrators who build and maintain models, ensure their integrity and implement new technologies.
- Data infrastructure managers who build and scale data pipelines, ensure data quality across an organization and implement new data tools and technologies.
- Security decision makers who manage day-to-day security operations, work closely with IT and DevOps teams and help to protect the organization from cyber threats.
Headline: Your title should engage readers without being clickbait. Be aware that if we accept your article, our editors may revise your title as necessary.
Images: If you would like to include a featured image (you don’t have to, but we encourage it), the size of your featured image should be a 2:1 ratio (for example, 2,000 x 1,000) and not smaller than 1,200 x 600. Please make sure your image is licensed for commercial use, that you have the right to use it and that you correctly cite its source. We also welcome images generated by AI. If you create a unique image, please cite the model you used.
Conflicts of interest: If it appears that your article is biased, contains marketing or has the appearance of vested interest, we will not accept it. If there is a small amount of promotional material in your article, we may accept it, but we will remove text, images and links that appear to be marketing or promotion.
To discuss sponsored post opportunities, please contact [email protected].
Links: Please do not add links to your company or website in the body of your article unless they’re absolutely necessary. You can include a link in your bio at the end. We also ask that you do not include affiliate links in your article. We will remove unnecessary links.
Length: Typically, articles with 800-1,200 words tend to do well on VentureBeat. However, don’t be afraid to submit a longer article if you want to explore a topic deeply. Conversely, please send articles that are fully written and not just abstracts, outlines or proposals.
Bio: Please include a one-sentence bio at the end of your article. We only accept articles written by individuals, so please include your first and last name. If you want to add a link to your company or website, this is the place!
DataDecisionMakers is not the right place for marketing or promotional pieces. If you’re interested in contributing a sponsored article, let us know! To speak to VentureBeat about sponsored post opportunities, please contact [email protected].
Please do not send press releases, interview requests or news tips to the DataDecisionMakers submission form. These should go to VentureBeat’s news team at [email protected].
Data, images and citations
If you’re including images or data in your article, did you verify that they’re licensed for commercial use? It’s your responsibility to verify that the data and/or images in your article are correctly licensed for use on VentureBeat. If your article includes images, graphs, diagrams or a dataset that is privately owned, covered by restrictive licenses or scraped, we will need the owner to send explicit permission that states that you have the right to use the information in an article on VentureBeat. Without explicit permission from the owner, we will not publish your article.
Please make sure that you correctly cite all of the images in your article with the name of the artist/owner and a link to the license information. (For example, “Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash, license here.”) Please include both the source of the image and the link to that source in your image caption.
If you aren’t certain you have the right to use an image, please don’t use it. Adding the source to an image doesn’t give you the right to use it.
If you’re including facts, figures or quotes in your article, please make sure to correctly cite your sources and include a link when possible.
How do I submit an article?
When you’re ready to submit your article, click the button below to go to our online submission form. Please be aware that we will only review editable Google Docs that have been submitted through the submission form. If you submit a locked draft or one that doesn’t allow commenting or editing, your article will not be reviewed.
When will I hear from you?
Unfortunately, we can’t respond to all of the submissions we receive. If your article is accepted, we will notify you in a comment on your draft. If your draft is locked or doesn’t allow comments, we will not accept it. You can expect to hear from us within fourteen business days. If you haven’t heard from us, it’s safe to assume that your article hasn’t been accepted.
If your article is accepted and you would like to include a profile picture in your author bio, we will ask you to set that up through Gravatar and let us know what email address you used to set up the profile.
We’re looking forward to reading your submission!
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