# Introducing TabFM: A zero-shot foundation model for tabular data

DevFeed: [Introducing TabFM: A zero-shot foundation model for tabular data](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introducing-tabfm-a-zero-shot-foundation-model-for-tabular-data-6829.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://research.google/blog/introducing-tabfm-a-zero-shot-foundation-model-for-tabular-data/>)

Published: 2026-06-30T10:26:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The latest research from Google](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-latest-research-from-google.md>)

Topics: [foundation-models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/foundation-models.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datasets.md>), [Machine learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-learning.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [Feature Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/feature-engineering.md>), [Hyperparameter optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hyperparameter-optimization.md>), [Language models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/language-models.md>), [BigQuery](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bigquery.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [hugging face](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hugging-face.md>), [AI Inference](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-inference.md>)

Tags: [bigquery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bigquery.md>), [classification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/classification.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-management.md>), [feature-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature-engineering.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [hugging-face](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugging-face.md>), [hyperparameter-optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hyperparameter-optimization.md>), [machine-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-intelligence.md>), [model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [zero-shot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zero-shot.md>)

## AI overview

Google Research introduces TabFM, a zero-shot foundation model for tabular-data classification and regression. It frames prediction as in-context learning, reducing the need for dataset-specific training, hyperparameter optimization, and feature engineering, with availability through Hugging Face, GitHub, and BigQuery.

## Source excerpt

Data Management