Predibase debuts low-code machine learning platform for building generative AI models
Summary
Machine learning startup Predibase Inc. today announced the commercial availability of its low-code declarative machine learning platform for artificial intelligence developers, adding new features for large language models.The launch of its platform came as the company revealed a $12.2 million expansion to its Series A funding round, led by Felicis Ventures Management Co., LLC.Predibase is all about helping developers and data scientists build, iterate and deploy sophisticated AI models and applications. The problem, he said, is that most machine learning development tools are too complex for engineering teams to use, while their data science resources are stretched too thin. Hence, Predibase uses what it calls a declarative approach to machine learning development.Declarative means you can specify what you want the ML models to predict, and from which data, without having to specify the how, Molino explained. Predibase caters to all three of those needs by making fine-tuning and deployment just a matter of writing a simple declarative YAML configuration that any developer can write.The latest version of Predibase also features a new, AI-powered data science copilot tool that provides recommendations to developers on how to improve the performance of the models theyre developing, as well as explanations and examples in real time.Constellation Research Inc. Vice President and Principal Analyst Andy Thurai told SiliconANGLE that Predibases declarative approach to machine learning is unique, since it has never been attempted before.Rather than building models from scratch, users can compose the underlying workflows, architecture and tools rapidly to set up an experimentation environment, he said. It may be a good option for enterprises that are short of good data science resources or need to produce models and deploy them faster than their existing data science teams can do.In order to prove its worth, Predibase has announced a free, two-week trial version of its platform, giving every company the opportunity to see how its declarative approach can accelerate model development.