Social · AWS
Pinterest
Built Navigator-1, its own multimodal foundation model (fine-tuned from open-source bases incl. Qwen) powering the Pinterest Assistant at ~10% the cost of frontier models; big in-house recommendation ML.
Foundation proximity: Native (own / self-hosted weights)
Foundational models & how they consume them
PrimaryNavigator-1 (own, open-source-based)· self-hosted · Native (own / self-hosted weights)
SecondaryQwen (open)· self-hosted · Native (own / self-hosted weights)
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FAQ
Does Pinterest use a foundational AI model?
Pinterest uses Navigator-1 (own, open-source-based), Qwen (open) (Native (own / self-hosted weights)).
What cloud does Pinterest run on?
Pinterest runs on AWS.
What database does Pinterest use?
Pinterest uses HBase, MySQL.
How close does Pinterest run to the foundational model?
Pinterest is Native (own / self-hosted weights) — close to the metal, so cheaper tokens and more control over outputs.
Sources
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