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title: AI Starter Kit
subtitle: Resources for building AI applications with Neon Postgres
summary: >-
  Covers resources for building AI applications with Neon Postgres, including
  core concepts, framework integrations, and starter applications for developing
  tools like chatbots and semantic search engines.
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This guide collects resources for building AI applications with Neon Postgres. You'll find core concepts, starter applications, framework integrations, and deployment guides. Use these resources to build applications like RAG chatbots, semantic search engines, or custom AI tools.

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## Getting started

Learn the fundamentals of building AI applications with Neon:

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<a href="/docs/ai/ai-concepts" description="Learn the fundamentals of embeddings and vector search for AI applications" icon="openai">AI concepts</a>

<a href="/docs/extensions/pgvector" description="Get started with pgvector for storing and querying vector embeddings" icon="openai">pgvector extension</a>

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## AI frameworks and integrations

Build AI applications faster with these popular frameworks, tools, and services:

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<a href="/docs/ai/langchain" description="Create AI applications using LangChain with OpenAI and Neon" icon="langchain">LangChain</a>

<a href="/docs/ai/llamaindex" description="Build RAG applications using LlamaIndex with OpenAI and Neon" icon="llamaindex">LlamaIndex</a>

<a href="/docs/ai/semantic-kernel" description="Develop AI applications using Semantic Kernel with Azure OpenAI" icon="openai">Semantic Kernel</a>

<a href="/docs/ai/inngest" description="Build reliable AI workflows with Inngest and Neon" icon="openai">Inngest</a>

<a href="/docs/ai/ai-app-build" description="Generate and deploy web applications using the open-source app.build agent" icon="gear">app.build</a>

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## Starter applications

Hackable, fully-featured, pre-built starter apps to get you up and running:

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<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/examples/tree/main/ai/llamaindex/chatbot-nextjs" description="A Next.js AI chatbot starter app built with OpenAI and LlamaIndex" icon="github">AI chatbot (OpenAI + LllamIndex)</a>

<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/examples/tree/main/ai/langchain/chatbot-nextjs" description="A Next.js AI chatbot starter app built with OpenAI and LangChain" icon="github">AI chatbot (OpenAI + LangChain)</a>

<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/examples/tree/main/ai/llamaindex/rag-nextjs" description="A Next.js RAG chatbot starter app built with OpenAI and LlamaIndex" icon="github">RAG chatbot (OpenAI + LlamaIndex)</a>

<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/examples/tree/main/ai/langchain/rag-nextjs" description="A Next.js RAG chatbot starter app built with OpenAI and LangChain" icon="github">RAG chatbot (OpenAI + LangChain)</a>

<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/examples/tree/main/ai/llamaindex/semantic-search-nextjs" description="A Next.js Semantic Search chatbot starter app built with OpenAI and LlamaIndex" icon="github">Semantic search (OpenAI + LlamaIndex)</a>

<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/examples/tree/main/ai/langchain/semantic-search-nextjs" description="A Next.js Semantic Search chatbot starter app built with OpenAI and LangChain" icon="github">Semantic search (OpenAI + LangChain)</a>

<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/examples/tree/main/ai/hybrid-search-nextjs" description="A Next.js Hybrid Search starter app built with OpenAI" icon="github">Hybrid search (OpenAI)</a>

<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/examples/tree/main/ai/llamaindex/reverse-image-search-nextjs" description="A Next.js Reverse Image Search Engine starter app built with OpenAI and LlamaIndex" icon="github">Reverse image search (OpenAI + LlamaIndex)</a>

<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/examples/tree/main/ai/llamaindex/chat-with-pdf-nextjs" description="A Next.js Chat with PDF chatbot starter app built with OpenAI and LlamaIndex" icon="github">Chat with PDF (OpenAI + LlamaIndex)</a>

<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/examples/tree/main/ai/langchain/chat-with-pdf-nextjs" description="A Next.js Chat with PDF chatbot starter app built with OpenAI and LangChain" icon="github">Chat with PDF (OpenAI + LangChain)</a>

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## Scale your AI application

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<a href="/docs/ai/ai-scale-with-neon" description="Learn how to scale your AI application with Autoscaling and Read Replicas" icon="openai">Scale with Neon</a>

<a href="/docs/ai/ai-vector-search-optimization" description="Best practices for optimizing vector search performance" icon="openai">Optimize vector search</a>

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## Featured examples

Real-world AI applications built with Neon that you can reference as code examples or inspiration.

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<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/ai-vector-db-per-tenant" description="Deploy an AI vector database per-tenant architecture with Neon" icon="github">AI vector database per tenant</a>

<a href="/guides/chatbot-astro-postgres-llamaindex" description="Build a RAG chatbot in an Astro application with LlamaIndex and Postgres" icon="openai">Guide: Build a RAG chatbot</a>

<a href="/guides/llamaindex-postgres-search-images" description="Using LlamaIndex with Postgres to Build your own Reverse Image Search Engine" icon="openai">Guide: Build a Reverse Image Search Engine</a>

<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/ask-neon" description="An Ask Neon AI-powered chatbot built with pgvector" icon="github">Ask Neon Chatbot</a>

<a href="https://vercel.com/templates/next.js/postgres-pgvector" description="Enable vector similarity search with Vercel Postgres powered by Neon" icon="github">Vercel Postgres pgvector Starter</a>

<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/yc-idea-matcher" description="YCombinator semantic search application" icon="github">YCombinator Semantic Search App</a>

<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/postgres-ai-playground" description="An AI-enabled SQL playground application for natural language queries" icon="github">Web-based AI SQL Playground</a>

<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/neon-vector-search-openai-notebooks" description="Jupyter Notebook for vector search with Neon, pgvector, and OpenAI" icon="github">Jupyter Notebook for vector search with Neon</a>

<a href="https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Neon-Image-Search" description="Community: An image search app built with Neon and Vertex AI" icon="github">Image search with Neon and Vertex AI</a>

<a href="https://github.com/mistralai/cookbook/blob/main/third_party/Neon/neon_text_to_sql.ipynb" description="A Text-to-SQL conversion app built with Mistral AI, Neon, and LangChain" icon="github">Text-to-SQL conversion with Mistral + LangChain</a>

<a href="/blog/openais-gpt-store-is-live-create-and-publish-a-custom-postgres-gpt-expert" description="Blog + repo: Create and publish a custom Postgres GPT Expert using OpenAI's GPT" icon="openai">Postgres GPT Expert</a>

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## Vector search tools and notebooks

Optimize your vector search implementation and experiment with different approaches:

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<a href="/docs/ai/ai-vector-search-optimization" description="Best practices for optimizing vector search performance" icon="openai">Vector search optimization</a>

<a href="https://github.com/neondatabase/neon-vector-search-openai-notebooks" description="Interactive notebooks for vector search with OpenAI" icon="github">Vector search notebooks</a>

<a href="/docs/ai/ai-google-colab" description="Use Neon with Google Colab for ML experiments" icon="openai">Google Colab guide</a>

<a href="/docs/ai/ai-azure-notebooks" description="A cloud-based Jupyter notebook service integrated with Azure Data Studio" icon="openai">Azure Data Studio Notebooks</a>

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