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saigal

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    Comment #40529543

    we intend to

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    Comment #40478256

    The autonomous car analogy is a good one. The technology is overall so far superior to a human (probably scrolling TikTok) driving but the moment it makes a mistake we remove the A…

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    Comment #40477207

    Couldn’t agree with this more. Exactly.

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    Comment #40476598

    For companies that are willing to put in some effort, the self hosting option is a great one. There are certain use cases where this works now, and is already in production. These …

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    Comment #40475693

    we've encountered a lot of instances when people know SQL but just want a first draft of SQL to expedite the process. we see this a lot from data analysts too.

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    Comment #40475335

    yes. some want BYOC solutions. others don't want to even be perceived as being used to train an LLM. not to mention CCPA, GDPR, etc etc etc. lots of questions around what data is b…

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    Comment #40474705

    The question was around row level security

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    Comment #40474699

    Yes totally agree. You can easily sniff out products that are simple wrap of GPT

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    Comment #40474691

    Search bar within the SaaS interface that allows user to ask data questions and returns back NL answer or specific cut of data

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    Comment #40474679

    Yes. Correct.

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    Comment #40474677

    We also encounter a lot of build vs buy conversations with businesses.

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    Comment #40474667

    Enterprises are spending lots of time and money on this. The biggest issue that has slowed down sales cycle at this stage has been data governance. Most folks think it’s about accu…

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    Comment #40472448

    https://discord.com/invite/A59Uxyy2k9 discord invite in case anything comes up

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    Comment #40472436

    there is a middle ground here. the most complicated queries will need the intel and business context of a smart data scientist. there are however so many types of queries where aut…

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    Comment #40472426

    fantastic. let us know how it goes :-)

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    Comment #40472421

    is there an easier way?

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    Comment #40472410

    if you expect correct 99% of the time, you will be waiting for a very very very long time for most, except for the most constrained, use cases

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    Comment #40472403

    "...what it expects them to do" therein lies the nuance. some people expect to get a natural language answer back. others expect to get a data table back. others expect to get corr…

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    Comment #40471587

    I agree with you. The larger point with text to SQL, however, is that it will not work if it is a simple wrap of an LLM (GPT or otherwise). Text to SQL will only work if there is a…

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    Comment #40471413

    Yes please do. We’d love your feedback and or to hear whether you see material improvement over what you have now

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    Comment #40471198

    allow me to clarify.. Dataherald isn't intended for developers because they don't know SQL, it's intended for developers who want to build text to SQL into their products

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    Comment #40471121

    We’ve seen demand from all types of SaaS applications where the user might need data— software that helps customer support staff answer data questions, CRM, payroll software, just …

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    Comment #40470874

    "Anything more natural requires a lot of context and needs to solve ambiguity. this is precisely why we created Dataherald-- to make it much easier to add that business context so …

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    Comment #40470838

    while i agree, there is clear demand for people to use natural language to SQL. we have tremendous conviction around the desire for natural language tools, but of course the techno…