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Show HN: CamelAI – Perplexity for Your Data

3 pointsby vercantez5 months ago
camelAI turns your database into an AI data analyst. Ask questions in plain English, get instant reports with visualizations - no SQL required.<p>Why we built this: - Business teams waste hours waiting for data analysts to build dashboards - Non-technical founders can&#x27;t get quick insights from their own data - Writing SQL queries is a barrier to data-driven decisions<p>What makes it different: - Uses DuckDB to query terabytes in seconds (built-in, no setup needed) - Supports advanced analytics (cohort analysis, statistical computations) not just basic SQL - Multi-turn conversations: AI explores your schema, analyzes results, and creates interactive charts - Explains its reasoning and suggests follow-up analyses<p>Tech details: - Query engine: DuckDB for lightning-fast analytics - AI: Claude Sonnet for chat agent, o1 for report generation - Native connectors: Postgres, MySQL, Supabase, BigQuery (beta) (more to come) - Also supports: CSV, Excel (beta)<p>Video demo: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;camelai.com&#x2F;demo&#x2F;">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;camelai.com&#x2F;demo&#x2F;</a> Try it free (10 messages&#x2F;week): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;app.camelai.com">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;app.camelai.com</a><p>Example questions you can ask: - &quot;What&#x27;s driving our recent user churn?&quot; - &quot;Show me conversion rates by marketing channel&quot; - &quot;Which features correlate with user retention?&quot;<p>We&#x27;re a team of ex-Apple&#x2F;Google engineers who believe data analysis shouldn&#x27;t require a CS degree. Would love HN&#x27;s feedback, especially on our query generation and accuracy.

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gpsmsn5 months ago
Awesome demo! I piloted a very similar product at my then 15 person company so hopefully you find this feedback useful:<p>The product seems great if you&#x27;re familiar with the data and schemas, but for a product like this to appeal to teams and have impact for anyone on a team there needs to be (1) a way to provide system prompts and add business&#x2F;product context to the underlying schema (2) a way to store historical queries that can be used as a starting point for other users, much like saving a query, model, or dashboard in a BI tool<p>I hope to see more news about CamelAI in the future. Good luck!