Lessons from building an AI data analyst

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pedromnasc · 2m ago

Hi all,

I wrote a post on some lessons from building an AI data analyst. The gap from a nice demo to a real production system is big -> with a lot of yet to be solved challenges.

Would love to share ideas with other builders in the space and willing to learn more about it.

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Lessons from building an AI data analyst

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