E-Commerce · GCP
Shopify
Migrated to Google Cloud; a Rails 'majestic monolith' sharded into pods over MySQL (Vitess) with Kafka. Shopify Magic/Sidekick AI uses OpenAI; storefront stack (Hydrogen/Remix) is open-source.
Foundation proximity: Direct API
Foundational models & how they consume them
PrimaryGPT-4-class (Magic/Sidekick)· OpenAI API · Direct API
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FAQ
Does Shopify use a foundational AI model?
Shopify uses GPT-4-class (Magic/Sidekick) (Direct API).
What cloud does Shopify run on?
Shopify runs on GCP.
What database does Shopify use?
Shopify uses MySQL (Vitess), Redis, Kafka.
How close does Shopify run to the foundational model?
Shopify is Direct API — close to the metal, so cheaper tokens and more control over outputs.
Sources
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