Till Döhmen

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.

11 BLOG POSTS AND VIDEOS

Introducing prompt_jev(): bringing Jev to Motherduck SQL

Sep 21, 2026 • Hamilton Ulmer, Till Döhmen, Jacob Matson

Classify text in SQL with prompt_jev(), powered by TypeSafe's Jev. 100,000 rows labeled in 40 seconds for $0.50 at frontier-LLM accuracy. Live on paid plans.

Context belongs in the warehouse

Jul 29, 2026 • Garrett O'Brien, Hamilton Ulmer, Till Döhmen, Jacob Matson

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

Building the MotherDuck Remote MCP Server: A Journey Through Context Engineering and OAuth Proxies

Dec 18, 2025 • Till Döhmen

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

Machine learning and AI at MotherDuck

Oct 23, 2024 • Till Döhmen

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.

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AI, ML and LLMs

Meetup

Talk

Introducing the prompt() Function: Use the Power of LLMs with SQL!

Oct 17, 2024 • Till Döhmen

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

50:21

Big data is dead, analytics is alive.

Oct 9, 2024 • Till Döhmen, Adithya Krishnan

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

Generating a data app with your MotherDuck data

Sep 6, 2024 • Till Döhmen

How to generate a web app dashboard based on your data

Introducing the embedding() function: Semantic search made easy with SQL!

Aug 14, 2024 • Till Döhmen

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

Reflections on SIGMOD/PODS 2024: Insights and Highlights

Jul 2, 2024 • Stephanie Wang, Till Döhmen

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.

AI That Quacks: Introducing DuckDB-NSQL, a LLM for DuckDB SQL

Jan 25, 2024 • Till Döhmen, Jordan Tigani

Our first Text2SQL model release!

Introducing FixIt: an unreasonably effective AI error fixer for SQL

Jan 3, 2024 • Till Döhmen, Hamilton Ulmer

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

Till Döhmen

11 BLOG POSTS AND VIDEOS

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