Foundation Models for Structured Data

Software Engineering Daily · Jun 23, 2026 · 44m

Predictive modeling is a core element in modern systems, and powers capabilities such as fraud detection, loan approvals, and recommendation systems. These systems typically operate on structured, relational data stored in enterprise databases, with rows, columns, and interlinked tables. While computer vision and natural language processing have undergone a neural network revolution, the tabular data layer underpinning predictive modeling still largely relies on manual feature engineering and task-specific models.

Relational deep learning proposes a new approach. It treats databases as graphs…