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A fresh approach to data infrastructure

MotherDuck is now Generally Available… and it’s going to take a lot for me to refrain from adding a bunch of duck puns in here. 🐥 The cloud SQL analytics platform is recognized for a few things. One is its unique, dual architecture, blending local and cloud queries. Queries repurpose unused compute on your laptop, eliminating round trips to the cloud every time you change a single filter — duck, yeah.

MotherDuck also works closely with DuckDB, adding to its efficiency — "the delta between running on your laptop and running in the cloud is as small as adding three characters to your database path,” co-founder Jordan Tigani writes. Tigani, by the way, is a founding engineer of Google’s BigQuery. He started MotherDuck after observing that people were building advancements for big data, but smaller database workloads were inefficient to work with.

Check out the demo for more of what MotherDuck can do, including a column explorer feature that lets you interactively visualize the columns in your tables and query results sets.

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT

$100M for a Python framework to build custom AI apps (kind of)

Writer raised a hefty $100M Series B last year, but don’t be surprised if you haven’t heard of it. The startup emerged as a product to help companies flag copy that doesn’t adhere to the style guide.

But the founders saw a different opportunity. After gaining traction among enterprise customers, Writer realized those companies needed more help building their own AI bots and apps. All those $$$ are making sense now, huh? So along came Writer AI Studio, the startup’s platform for building AI apps. Ya, I know. Another AI bot/app builder? Yes, here’s why I’m including it…

First off, Writer has built its own LLMs that it says are smaller than average and more cost-effective. They’re also not trained on copyrighted material. Additionally, unlike most no-code tools, Writer is largely purpose-built for devs. AI Studio was launched with an open-source, Python framework (Writer Framework) and the team says it enables the rapid creation of a wide range of AI tools, not just chatbots. It also gives devs granular control over prompts and the ability to edit generative AI flows in your preferred code editor. Finally, Writer APIs allow for integrating generative AI into apps in your own stack.

WOAH

🥶 A startup working on reversible cryonics came out of stealth last week. The founder, a child prodigy, says past companies have focused on freezing instead of rewarming human parts — and that the stigma around cryonics has limited its progress. Cryonics could be used for things like organ donation, tissue samples, and curing illness.

CAT NIPS

AI

• ICYMI, Apple not only introduced Apple Intelligence, but its on-device and server foundation models that power it.

• Chatty uses an open-source ChatGPT-like interface to run open-source models locally in the browser using WebGPU.

Backend

• JustBackend is a lightweight database replacement for micro-SaaS or quick prototyping.

Code Management and Collaboration

• Uizard launched Autodesigner 2.0 which lets you generate and chat with AI to build UI components.

• Code Finder is a search engine for GitHub repositories.

Testing and Debugging

• Reliv uses Vision AI and an Element Locator to run robust QA automation.

SDKs, APIs, Code Bundles

• Liveblocks’ SDK lets you choose real-time, multiplayer collaboration features to add to your apps.

Productivity

• GitKraken launched a DevEx platform.

• Huly is an open-source project management platform with a bidirectional GitHub synchronization.

• GitRabbit tracks your GitHub activity and consistency.

• Znote makes your notes work harder by turning Markdown and JavaScript into dashboards and automation.

Until next week

Written by Sarah Wright.

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