AI Factory Explained
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Welcome to **AI Factory Explained** — your deep dive into the
architecture, concepts, and components of **EDB Postgres® AI** (EDB PG
AI).

EDB PG AI enables **Sovereign AI** — building intelligent applications
and data products on top of your data, in your databases and data
centers, with Postgres as the foundation. The platform integrates vector
search, Pipelines, Gen AI Builder, Knowledge Bases, and Model Serving to
give you complete control over how AI is embedded in your systems.

This section explains how it all works:

- What key concepts underlie EDB PG AI

- How the architecture fits together

- How individual capabilities like Pipelines, Gen AI Builder, and Model
  Serving work

- Where vector search and AI models fit within your Postgres estate

Core Concepts
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Start here to get oriented to the platform:

- :ref:`Gen AI Builder Concepts (Assistants, Knowledge, Tools, Threads) <Gen AI Builder Concepts (Assistants, Knowledge, Tools, Threads)>`  

- :ref:`AI Factory terminology <AI Factory terminology>`  

- :ref:`Fundamental AI Concepts <Fundamental AI Concepts>`  

Gen AI and Knowledge Bases
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Understand how intelligent knowledge is built on your data:

- :ref:`Knowledge Bases Reference Manual <Knowledge Bases Reference Manual>`  

- :ref:`Retrievers Reference Manual <Retrievers Reference Manual>`  

- :ref:`Rulesets Manual <Rulesets Manual>`  

- :ref:`Structures Reference Manual <Structures Reference Manual>`  

- :ref:`Threads Reference Manual <Threads Reference Manual>`  

- :ref:`Tools Reference Manual <Tools Reference Manual>`  

Data Pipelines and AI Accelerator
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Understand how Pipelines transform your AI data workflows:

- :ref:`AI Accelerator Pipelines overview <AI Accelerator Pipelines overview>`  

- :ref:`Data Lake Reference Manual <Data Lake Reference Manual>`  

Vector Search and PGvector
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How vector search is embedded directly in Postgres:

- :ref:`PGvector and Vector Engine concepts </edb-postgres-ai/1.3/ai-factory/vector-engine/>`  

Model Serving
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How AI models are deployed, governed, and used:

- :ref:`Model Serving Concepts <Model Serving Concepts>`  

- :ref:`Model Library Explained In Depth <Model Library Explained In Depth>`  

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**Where to go next:**

If you’re ready to build:

- Start with a :ref:`Learning Paths <Learning Paths>` 

- Follow a :ref:`Gen AI How-To Guides <Gen AI How-To Guides>` 

Or explore more advanced **solution patterns** in :ref:`Industry Solutions with AI Factory <Industry Solutions with AI Factory>`  and
real-world :ref:`AI Factory Use Cases <AI Factory Use Cases>`  .

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This section grows as EDB PG AI evolves — check back for the latest
explanations as new capabilities are added.

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