MindsDB

What Is MindsDB?

MindsDB is a cloud platform for building AI-powered applications. It supports over 100 data sources and works with major cloud providers, helping development teams build AI apps faster and more efficiently.

The platform treats large language models (LLMs) and other AI models like virtual tables sitting on top of your existing enterprise databases. This means developers can use the SQL skills they already have to build AI-powered applications. MindsDB is open source and focused on automating AI-Data workflows.

Who Created MindsDB?

MindsDB was founded in December 2017 by a team inspired by Iain M. Banks’ Culture Series. Their mission was to create Artificial Intelligent Systems — “Minds” — to help people achieve ambitious goals. The company has raised over $50 million in funding from leading Venture Capital and Open Source investors and is currently in its seed stage.

Key Features

• Conversational language models for chatbots and assistants
• Text understanding, summarization, and generation
• Image generation from text descriptions
• Time-series and regression predictions
• Automated data transformations and low-latency data enrichment
• Model training and deployment streamlined end to end
• Comparison and selection of the best LLMs for specific needs
• Integration with existing business intelligence tools

What Can You Build with MindsDB?

• AI-powered progressive web apps, such as news delivery apps
• AI-assisted pair programming tools
• Project management tools with automated task assignment and sentiment tracking
• Generative AI and LLM applications made accessible across an organization by exposing models as virtual tables

Community and Support

MindsDB offers thorough documentation and an active GitHub community, with many developers contributing to the platform.