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> The value is in being able to prompt AI something like "Here's my data that comes from endpoint X. Give me a table that shows this data that is also searchable."

This is a billion dollar idea even if at like a 70%+ success rate. And as a data engineer, I assure you the success rate is not there. There are so many edge cases, so many caveats, so many headaches; an AI generated solution will only work in the perfect API scenario (which never happens in the real world).




Just like Retool (or any other platform), you're expected to bring your own endpoint (but you're also free to write it in our app if you want).

The value will be in closing that feedback loop:

1. Here's the shape of the data coming in from endpoint /api/xyz. Currently, generating an endpoint with AI with this much nuance is very low in terms of success rate (and I think is what you're talking about).

2. However, once you know the endpoint and what the data looks like, our tool becomes valuable because you can just specify in natural language, which component you want to use, and how it has to be laid out on the page. Several people will prefer natural language over dragging and dropping UI elements on a screen. And the success rate is far higher for something like this.




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