Isn't it similar to what Eve tries to achieve? Well, what I like in overal, is an attitude and courage to introduce new technologies! I come from the Red language camp, which if I am not mistaken, is also being funded. So - good luck, guys :-)
Yeah, we have a lot of the same views about programming, but our focus isn't on data science. We can definitely agree that the practice of programming in the future won't look like it does today.
I think it's interesting that if you look at this and at Eve, you'll see how both are trying to improve programming and end up at quite different approaches. No size fits all.