The latest version of Mendix’s low-code development platform puts its full focus on AI. In addition to a machine learning toolkit, Mendix is ​​also adding two chatbots.

Mendix gives us a first glimpse of the upcoming major release Mendix 10. With the latest version, Mendix wants to give companies the tools they need to jump on the AI ​​hype without needing a lot of code. Thanks to its well-known low-code recipe, models can be developed and run on the platform in hours, according to Mendix, which would take weeks on other platforms.

Machine Learning Kit

To enable that promise, Mendix is ​​launching a machine learning kit. The toolkit provides access to dozens of pre-trained AI models that users can easily implement in applications they build on the platform. The big advantage that Mendix 10 offers here is that your applications and the AI ​​models run on the same server. Not only does this reduce implementation time, it also reduces latency as data travels less distance.

chat bots

Nowadays, every software platform needs to have a chatbot, so Mendix is ​​adding not just one, but two in the upcoming release. In the press release, Mendix refers to a chatbot as a “co-developer” that tests applications in real time. The other chatbot oversees the data validation process and must prevent incorrect input from being made, which could confuse the models.

In the long term, Mendix would like to introduce another chatbot that guides developers in the application of certain concepts or patterns. This model is still under development, advises product manager Hans De Visser on SiliconAngle.

Mendix 10 will be officially unveiled via live stream on June 27th. As such, Mendix may reveal more about its plans to further integrate AI into low-code software development.