GoApercu Labs — SQL-Native AI Platform on BigQuery visualization
CASE_STUDY — DATA PLATFORM

GoApercu
Labs

SQL-Native AI Platform on BigQuery

GoApercu Labs embeds AI capabilities directly into BigQuery, enabling analysts and engineers to query unstructured data, run semantic search, and invoke LLMs — all from standard SQL. Designed for data teams who want AI without leaving their existing warehouse workflow.

01.

KEY_METRICS

<500ms
Query Response
AI-augmented SQL
2M+
Patient Records
health data scaled
45M
Requests Scaled
peak throughput
0
Schema Changes
zero migration needed
02.

PLATFORM_OVERVIEW

SQL-Native AI Functions

GoApercu Labs exposes AI capabilities as BigQuery remote functions. Data teams call `AI.CLASSIFY()`, `AI.EMBED()`, `AI.SUMMARIZE()` directly in SQL — no Python, no notebooks, no context switching. The functions are backed by Vertex AI and custom fine-tuned models.

Unstructured Data Insights

Clinical notes, support tickets, and free-text fields are notoriously hard to query. Labs adds a semantic layer that embeds unstructured columns at ingestion time, making them queryable via vector similarity — all within standard BigQuery syntax.

Healthcare Data Scale

Originally built to power a global health data platform serving 2M+ patient records. The SQL-native approach allowed clinical analysts to run AI-powered cohort queries without engineering involvement, reducing time-to-insight from days to minutes.

Zero-Migration Architecture

Labs integrates as a BigQuery connection — no data movement, no schema changes, no new infrastructure. Existing tables and pipelines remain untouched. AI functions are added as a layer on top, making adoption frictionless for existing data teams.

03.

TECH_STACK

DATA LAYER

  • >Google BigQuery
  • >BigQuery Remote Functions
  • >Apache Beam (pipelines)
  • >Cloud Storage

AI / ML

  • >Vertex AI (Gemini)
  • >Custom fine-tuned models
  • >Embedding APIs
  • >SQL UDFs

FRONTEND

  • >React + TypeScript
  • >BigQuery REST API
  • >Recharts (query viz)
  • >Tailwind CSS
04.

OUTCOMES

AI query response time<500ms in BigQuery
Health records served2M+ patient records
Peak request throughput45M requests scaled
Time-to-insightDays → minutes
Engineering involvementZero for analyst queries
Schema changes requiredNone — zero migration