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title: "Till Döhmen - MotherDuck Blog"
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# Till Döhmen

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Software Engineer

Till joins us from Hopsworks, the ML Platform company, where he was Senior Research Engineer. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the intersection of data management and machine learning.

## 10 BLOG POSTS AND VIDEOS

[2026/07/29 - Garrett O'Brien, Hamilton Ulmer, Till Döhmen, Jacob Matson](/blog/context-belongs-in-the-warehouse/)

### [Context belongs in the warehouse](/blog/context-belongs-in-the-warehouse)

Introducing Guides, MotherDuck's context layer for AI agents. More accurate queries, lower token spend, and distributed context for your entire organization.

[2025/12/18 - Till Döhmen](/blog/dev-diary-building-mcp/)

### [Building the MotherDuck Remote MCP Server: A Journey Through Context Engineering and OAuth Proxies](/blog/dev-diary-building-mcp)

How MotherDuck built a production-ready remote MCP server—from OAuth proxy challenges with Auth0 to tool design patterns that help AI agents query data warehouses effectively. Includes lessons from a hackathon where agents ran 4,000+

[29:54](/videos/machine-learning-and-ai-at-motherduck/)[2024-10-23](/videos/machine-learning-and-ai-at-motherduck/)

### [Machine learning and AI at MotherDuck](/videos/machine-learning-and-ai-at-motherduck/)

MotherDuck's Till Döhmen talks at DuckDB Meetup #1 Amsterdam about all the clever ways the AI team is extending SQL to include AI features.

YouTube

AI, ML and LLMs

Meetup

Talk

[2024/10/17 - Till Döhmen](/blog/sql-llm-prompt-function-gpt-models/)

### [Introducing the prompt() Function: Use the Power of LLMs with SQL!](/blog/sql-llm-prompt-function-gpt-models)

We make your database smarter with small language model (and LLM) support in SQL

[50:21](https://changelog.com/practicalai/292)[2024-10-09](https://changelog.com/practicalai/292)

### [Big data is dead, analytics is alive.](https://changelog.com/practicalai/292)

Till and Adithya from MotherDuck discuss DuckDB’s impact on analytics and AI, showcasing its fast, versatile in-process SQL and AI features like text-to-SQL, vector search, and query correction—powerful analytics even on your laptop.

AI, ML and LLMs

Interview

[2024/09/06 - Till Döhmen](/blog/data-app-generator/)

### [Generating a data app with your MotherDuck data](/blog/data-app-generator)

How to generate a web app dashboard based on your data

[2024/08/14 - Till Döhmen](/blog/sql-embeddings-for-semantic-meaning-in-text-and-rag/)

### [Introducing the embedding() function: Semantic search made easy with SQL!](/blog/sql-embeddings-for-semantic-meaning-in-text-and-rag)

Doing RAG for LLMs or making semantic search results pop? MotherDuck and DuckDB make it easy!

[2024/07/02 - Stephanie Wang, Till Döhmen](/blog/motherduck-reflections-sigmod-pods-2024/)

### [Reflections on SIGMOD/PODS 2024: Insights and Highlights](/blog/motherduck-reflections-sigmod-pods-2024)

MotherDuck Founding Engineer Stephanie Wang and AI/ML Lead Till Döhmen recap their highlights and key takeaways from SIGMOD PODS 2024 in Santiago, Chile. Learn more about emerging trends in Text2SQL, Hybrid Resource Allocation, Data Discovery, and more.

[2024/01/25 - Till Döhmen, Jordan Tigani](/blog/duckdb-text2sql-llm/)

### [AI That Quacks: Introducing DuckDB-NSQL, a LLM for DuckDB SQL](/blog/duckdb-text2sql-llm)

Our first Text2SQL model release!

[2024/01/03 - Till Döhmen, Hamilton Ulmer](/blog/introducing-fixit-ai-sql-error-fixer/)

### [Introducing FixIt: an unreasonably effective AI error fixer for SQL](/blog/introducing-fixit-ai-sql-error-fixer)

FixIt will correct mistakes in your SQL queries based on the schema and DuckDB syntax. Based on a large language model (LLM).

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