Marcel Kornacker

Creator of Apache Impala and co-creator of Apache Parquet. He is currently the CTO of Pixeltable, a multimodal AI database.

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Sep 16, 2025 • 1h

The database for all your AI needs

Marcel Kornacker, the mastermind behind Apache Impala and co-creator of Apache Parquet, shares insights into his innovative project, Pixeltable. This multimodal AI database adeptly blends structured and unstructured data with seamless Python workflows. He discusses the evolution of SQL, the challenges in computer vision data management, and how Pixeltable tackles transformation and transactional guarantees. Listen for fascinating examples like processing video and audio, proving how this tool can revolutionize AI data handling.

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