
What is Spice.ai
The Spice Cloud Platform by Spice AI provides a fully managed service for data and AI-driven applications. It offers SQL query and acceleration, vector search, model serving, and an AI gateway in a single, interconnected AI backend-as-a-service. The platform eliminates the need for self-managed infrastructure, complex ETL processes, and large-scale data management, making it accessible for developers without deep data science expertise.
How to Use Spice.ai
- Sign up for the Spice Cloud Platform.
- Use the provided SDKs (Node.js, Go, Python, Rust) to integrate with your application.
- Query data using SQL or Apache Arrow APIs.
- Leverage machine learning pipelines for model training and inferencing.
- Deploy and scale your application with enterprise-grade infrastructure.
Use Cases of Spice.ai
The Spice Cloud Platform is designed for developers and enterprises looking to build intelligent, data-driven applications. It is particularly useful for applications requiring real-time data processing, machine learning, and high-performance querying across large datasets.
Features of Spice.ai
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Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure
Built for enterprise with 99.9%+ high-availability, security, and compliance. SOC 2 Type II certification in progress.
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Apache Arrow Integration
Access developer-friendly APIs with HTTP and Apache Arrow Flight (gRPC) endpoints for fast querying across datasets.
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SQL and Code Integration
Use SQL queries combined with developer-friendly SDKs to filter, aggregate, and join data across multiple datasets.
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Ecosystem Compatibility
Fetch millions of rows of data and integrate with popular libraries like NumPy, Pandas, TensorFlow, and PyTorch.
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Datasets & Views
Create and manage private datasets and views, shareable with others, and accessible via SQL queries.
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Petabyte-Scale Data
Access real-time, time-series data at scale, with millions of records retrievable in seconds.