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Quickstart to MindsDB

Introduction to MindsDB

MindsDB, brings machine learning capabilities to traditional databases. It acts as an AI layer on top of the existing tables and enables to train models and predict outcomes easily and instantly with the help of simple SQL statements.

MindsDB connects with the most popular DB Clients, BI Tools, Data Sources making it really easy for clients to use. You can use MindsDB locally (Docker, pip) or use MindsDB Cloud which provides a 30-day free trial.

Integrations with MindsDB

As you can see MindsDB integrates with a lot of tools & DBs, there are still more that I couldn't fit in the image

If you want to check out their official website for the connections they support, Click here

MindsDB Cloud Account

Now, let's create a MindsDB Cloud Account

Go to https://cloud.mindsdb.com/ and enter your details and voila! You have a MindsDB Cloud Account, Now you can train ML Models, Predict a lot of things!

The Editor is where you write your SQL Queries

The Add Data Tab allows you to add data from a lot of popular data sources, and you can import your own by websites like Kaggle

Conclusion

MindsDB is an Open-source AI Layer for traditional databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, etc...)

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