MindsDB

MindsDB is an artificial intelligence company

MindsDB
headquartered in California, an innovator bringing AI
and Data together and is focused on enabling Developer(s) MindsDB Inc.
developers to build AI capabilities that can Reason, Initial release Dec 13, 2018[1]
Plan and Orchestrate over enterprise data.[3][4]
Repository github.com/mindsdb
/mindsdb/ (https://github.co
m/mindsdb/mindsdb/)
History Written in Python
MindsDB was founded in 2017 by Jorge Torres and Operating system Cross-platform
Adam Carrigan. The idea was incubated in early 2018 Type Artificial intelligence,
at Skydeck from UC Berkeley during the first funded machine learning and data
batch, this led to the MindsDB Open Source project automation
which started in August 2018. [5][6] On April 16, 2020, License Elastic License 2.0[2]
MindsDB raised $3 million. Among the investors were
Website mindsdb.com (https://mind
OpenOcean, MMC, Rogue Capital, Zyper founder
sdb.com/)
Amber Atherton, SCM Advisors, YCombinator, and
Berkeley SkyDeck.[7] MindsDB core was re-written
from scratch during their time at Y Combinator in March 2020. In late 2020, MindsDB began offering
paid premium services.

On November 1, 2021, MindsDB announced an investment from Walden Catalyst Ventures, closing the
total pre-seed round to $7.6M.[8] Additionally, MindsDB announced partnerships with Snowflake,
SingleStore, and DataStax (based on Apache CassandraTM) to connect its machine learning platform to
these databases.[9][10]

In the same month, February 2023, MindsDB announced its integration with Hugging Face and OpenAI
that would allow natural language processing and generative AI models into their database via API
accessible with SQL requests. This integration enabled advanced text classification, sentiment analysis,
emotion detection, translation, and more.[11][12]

During the same period, 2023, MindsDB raised a $46.5 million seed round from Benchmark, Mayfield
and NVentures,[13][14] and Chetan Puttagunta joined its board of directors.[15][16]

Products
Minds - an intelligent turnkey private AI system able to understand complex queries, retrieve relevant
data from enterprise systems, deliver insights and make actions. It goes beyond traditional models by
providing transparency in its decision-making process, respecting data privacy allowing organizations to
deploy it within secure, private environments.
MindsDB - an open-source data federation and orchestration engine for AI systems, that facilitates the
implementation of custom AI workflows across hundreds of data and AI platforms.

Overview
MindsDB has formed strategic partnerships with leading companies such as Snowflake, SingleStore,
DataStax, and NVIDIA. As of September 2024, the platform supports over 200 integrations, including
popular large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Mistral, as well as data platforms
such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, and MongoDB. MindsDB also integrates with a wide range of
applications, including Salesforce, HubSpot, X(former Twitter), and many others.[17][18][19][20]

Recognition
Named to Forbes' AI 50 list in 2021[4]
Recognized as a 2022 Gartner Cool Vendor in Data-Centric AI[21]
Ranked 10th fastest-growing open-source startup globally and 3rd in the US by ROSS Index
in 2022[5]
Recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative AI companies in 2024[22]
Reached over 26k GitHub stars, 4.8k forks and 750 open-source contributors as of
September 2024[23]

References
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2. "License" (https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb/blob/main/LICENSE). Retrieved 2025-01-29.
3. Persaud, Vishal. "6 years ago, AI startup MindsDB was an open source project that few took
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2023" (https://www.crn.com/news/software/10-hot-open-source-software-companies-to-watc
h-in-2023). CRN. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
6. "Jorge Torres, Co-founder & CEO of MindsDB - Interview Series - Unite.AI" (https://www.unit
e.ai/jorge-torres-co-founder-ceo-of-mindsdb-interview-series/). www.unite.ai. 20 February
2023. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
7. "MindsDB raises $3 million for open source automated machine learning" (https://venturebe
at.com/ai/mindsdb-raises-3-million-for-open-source-automated-machine-learning/).
VentureBeat. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
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startups" (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/01/walden-catalyst-focuses-on-deep-tech-startup
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-7-6m-seed-funding-to-democratize-machine-learning,%20https://towardsai.net/p/news/mind
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10. "MindsDB wants to give enterprise databases a brain" (https://venturebeat.com/data-infrastr
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11. "MindsDB Raises $16.5 Million from Benchmark to Expand Machine Learning Applications"
(https://dataphoenix.info/mindsdb-raises-16-5-million-from-benchmark-to-expand-machine-l
earning-applications/). Data Phoenix. 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
12. "MindsDB drives AI for open source machine learning" (https://www.computerweekly.com/bl
og/Open-Source-Insider/MindsDB-drives-AI-for-open-source-machine-learning).
www.computerweekly.com. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
13. Persaud, Vishal. "6 years ago, AI startup MindsDB was an open source project that few took
seriously. Now it's worth $160 million and on a growth rocketship" (https://www.businessinsi
der.com/how-mindsdb-became-hot-ai-startup-2023-6). Business Insider. Retrieved
2023-10-03.
14. Persaud, Vishal. "AI startup MindsDB aims to help every developer be a machine learning
engineer. Here's the pitch deck it used to raise $25 million from investors like Mayfield Fund
and Benchmark" (https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-ai-cloud-startup-mindsdb-rais
e-seed-funding-2023-5). Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
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Workplace" (https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2023/02/07/mindsdb-series-a-funding-a
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16. "MindsDB Announces $16.5M Series A" (https://vcnewsdaily.com/mindsdb/venture-capital-fu
nding/sjqdlckgxb). vcnewsdaily.com. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
17. Hampton, Jaime (2022-11-04). "MindsDB Platform Now Features Over 70 Integrations" (http
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Datanami. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
18. Heller, Martin (2022-12-19). "10 databases supporting in-database machine learning" (http
s://www.infoworld.com/article/3607762/10-databases-supporting-in-database-machine-learni
ng.html). InfoWorld. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
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21. "MindsDB Named in 2022 Gartner® Cool Vendor™ in Data-Centric AI report - AI-TechPark"
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rt/). 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
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Further reading
Gurevich, Natalia (2023-08-24). "AI companies flocking to Mission worry neighbors" (https://
www.sfexaminer.com/news/technology/ai-companies-flocking-to-sf-mission-district-worry-nei
 ghbors/article_94eb416a-4201-11ee-800b-2f7470d883d4.html). San Francisco Examiner.
Retrieved 2024-03-23.

External links
Official website (https://mindsdb.com/)
mindsdb (https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb) on GitHub
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