# AI Functions in ClickHouse: Upgrade your SQL to the AI age

DevFeed: [AI Functions in ClickHouse: Upgrade your SQL to the AI age](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ai-functions-in-clickhouse-upgrade-your-sql-to-the-ai-age-4929.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://clickhouse.com/blog/ai-functions-in-clickhouse>)

Author: Andriy Yakovlev; George Larionov

Published: 2026-09-11T12:49:32Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [ClickHouse Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/clickhouse-blog.md>)

Topics: [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clickhouse.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [AI search](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-search.md>), [Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/retrieval-augmented-generation-rag.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [classification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/classification.md>), [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickhouse.md>), [embeddings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/embeddings.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [rag](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rag.md>), [sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql.md>)

## AI overview

ClickHouse introduces beta AI Functions that invoke LLM and embedding providers directly from SQL for tasks including classification, extraction, generation, translation, filtering, redaction, embeddings, and semantic similarity.

## Source excerpt

Explore ClickHouse AI Functions for classification, generation, translation, embeddings, semantic search, and cost controls--all directly from SQL.