At the core of Knowi’s analytics platform lies a powerful concept: the Dataset-as-a-Service (DaaS) layer. This foundational layer makes it possible to unify structured and unstructured data from multiple sources—without moving or reshaping the raw data—and empowers both business and technical users to explore, analyze, and act on data with ease.
Let’s break down how it works, and how Knowi’s AI-driven capabilities sit on top of this to enable a truly modern analytics experience.
A Trusted, Reusable Semantic Layer
Think of Knowi’s Dataset-as-a-Service as a semantic layer built for agility and trust. These datasets abstract away the complexity of your underlying data—whether it’s structured, unstructured, streaming, or distributed across multiple systems.
You can:
- Connect to any SQL or NoSQL database, data warehouse, flat file, or API
- Join across sources like Elasticsearch and MySQL in real time
- Build and reuse datasets across teams and use cases
- Perform transformations and data cleaning within the platform
The result: a unified, clean dataset that is governed, queryable, and instantly API-enabled—ready to power your analytics workflows or feed downstream systems.
Flexible Data Strategy Modes
Knowi supports three core data access strategies, allowing you to tailor performance and storage based on your needs:
- Direct Mode: Query the live data source on demand.
- ElasticStore Mode: Schedule queries and store results in Knowi’s built-in data store for fast access and scalability.
- DB Write Mode: Write curated dataset results directly into your own database or warehouse.
You can also push data into Knowi via the Push API, making the platform adaptable to any data architecture or flow.
Built-In Security, Governance, and API Access
Every dataset in Knowi comes with enterprise-grade security and governance controls, including:
- Granular user access
- Audit trails
- Role-based permissions
- Native SSO integration
These datasets are also API-enabled by default, so other apps or teams can programmatically consume or interact with them.
BI, Visualization, and Alerting on Top
On top of the unified data layer, Knowi provides:
- 40+ visualization types for dashboards and reports
- Drill-downs and filters for deep analysis
- Custom and ML-powered alerts, from threshold-based triggers to anomaly detection
- White-labeled and embeddable analytics (dashboards, search bars, query layers)
- Slack, email, or webhook integrations for proactive reporting and actions
You can embed Knowi anywhere—into customer-facing apps, internal portals, or workflows—with full control over branding and authentication.
Knowi AI: Private, Powerful, and Secure
At the heart of Knowi’s intelligent layer is Knowi AI, a private AI engine built on small language models (SLMs). It runs entirely within your environment—ensuring no data ever leaves your ecosystem.
With Knowi AI, you can:
- Ask questions in plain English and receive instant answers across all your datasets
- Detect anomalies and trends without writing a single query
- Generate dashboards automatically from text prompts
- Chat with your data and documents to summarize, extract, and interact with insights
Knowi AI transforms self-service analytics by making insights truly accessible, reducing dependency on technical teams, and helping business users get the answers they need—fast.
Seamless ML Integration
Knowi also supports advanced machine learning capabilities:
- Build and deploy your own classification, regression, or anomaly models directly in Knowi
- Integrate external models via API to run predictions within your analytics workflows
This tight integration between data, dashboards, AI, and ML allows you to move from insight to action, all within a single unified platform.
AI for Documents: Structured + Unstructured, Together
A standout feature of Knowi AI is the ability to treat documents as datasets. Whether it’s contracts, SLAs, or PDFs, you can:
- Query them like structured data
- Combine document insights with database queries
- Summarize and chat with documents for faster understanding
- Store the extracted insights directly into your database
This creates a blended analytics experience, where structured and unstructured data coexist seamlessly.
Deployment Options: Your Cloud or Ours
Knowi offers flexible deployment models:
- Knowi-managed cloud service – No installation required
- On-premise deployments – Available via Docker, Kubernetes, or native install
No matter your compliance or infrastructure needs, Knowi fits in.
Knowi isn’t just another BI tool. It’s a full-stack analytics platform that unifies your data, simplifies complexity, and empowers your team to move faster—with or without code.
With features like Dataset-as-a-Service, private AI, document querying, native integrations, and embedded dashboards, Knowi helps you analyze everything, act instantly, and scale securely.
You can also watch the Knowi Architecture video to see how Knowi supports your entire data stack.
Want to see if Knowi is the right fit for your data needs? Book a personalized demo here.
