Space and Time launches a platform that proves AI queries are correct

Space and Time, a data company that Microsoft backs, launched Space and Time Enterprise on Monday. It lets a company prove that a query on its private data was correct. AI apps, auditors and other persons can check the result with no access to the database. Partners at the start include an asset manager, a vehicle maker and a software consultancy.

How it works

The platform uses Proof of SQL, a method that proves a database query was correct. It works with Google Cloud BigQuery. A company can operate it on its servers, with no blockchain, no special hardware and no external company that makes proofs, the company says.

The numbers

With GPU acceleration, supported queries on millions of rows operate and prove in less than 1 second, says Nate Holiday. Holiday is chief executive of MakeInfinite Labs. Holiday says the speed changes with the query, the hardware and the data. No test by a different company is given.

What is not known

The proof shows that a query was correct. It does not show that the records were correct. Holiday says the data controls of the company must find an incorrect entry.

Insight: Each agent data tool gives one step of trust

Confluent says agents can use data that is not new. Action State makes signed records of the work of agents. Space and Time proves that a query was correct. This reads as a market for proofs around agents, where each tool has one step and none checks that the input data is correct. Buyers must find which step each tool has.