# Chakra

> The Next Gen Data Warehouse

Chakra helps you transform, monetize, and move structured data through a cloud data warehouse built on DuckDB that enables data sharing and analytics.

Chakra helps data engineers and AI researchers organize and utilize structured data by providing a high-performance data warehouse and open marketplace. With it, you can store datasets efficiently, transform data with SQL, share valuable datasets with others, and integrate data directly into AI models. Chakra reduces data management costs and maintains true data ownership.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Infrastructure
- Status: Active
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/chakra_dev

## Products

- [Chakra Data Warehouse](https://thegrid.id/profiles/chakra_dev): Chakra Data Warehouse implements structured data storage through a DuckDB-based architecture, enabling high-performance analytics and transformations. The system processes data on bare-metal infrastructure while maintaining full data ownership and access controls. (Developer Tooling, Live)
- [Data Marketplace](https://thegrid.id/profiles/chakra_dev): Data Marketplace facilitates data sharing through a searchable platform, enabling dataset discovery and monetization. The system manages access controls and attribution while tracking usage for revenue distribution to dataset contributors. (Decentralised Exchange, Live)
- [Data Scout](https://thegrid.id/profiles/chakra_dev): Data Scout enables privacy-controlled data contribution through a browser extension, allowing users to share valuable data with the marketplace. The system tracks usage and provides rewards to data contributors while maintaining privacy controls. (Data Terminal, In Development)
- [Chakra Drive](https://thegrid.id/profiles/chakra_dev): Chakra Drive implements decentralized file storage through end-to-end encryption on Solana, enabling secure file management and sharing. The system uses Lit Protocol for encryption and Irys Network for storage while offering free usage up to 10GB. (Decentralized File Storage, Live, Main Product)

## Links

- [Main](https://www.chakra.dev)
- [Blog](https://www.chakra.dev/blogs)
- [Documentation](https://docs.chakra.dev/overview)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/chakra_ai)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/Chakra-Network)
- [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/chakra-ai)

## Legal

This data is provided under two licensing models.

Model 1 - open data. The open data core is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) — a copyleft/share-alike license allowing free use, modification, and sharing for any purpose. Attribution is required: include "Powered by The Grid" linking to https://thegrid.id wherever the data is used. Derivative databases must be shared under ODbL terms. Trademarks, logos, and brand names (marked "Special TPIP") are not covered by the ODbL. For ML/AI use: training datasets that substantially extract ODbL data are Derivative Databases and must be shared under ODbL if publicly used; models must be attributed in documentation.

Model 2 - commercial licenses. The Grid Data Service (TGDS) is also available as a commercial license. See [Web Services Terms](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/web-services-terms) for commercial use that is not covered by the open data service.

The following applies to both licensing models.
- All data is provided AS IS with no guarantees of accuracy.
- The Grid does not provide investment, legal, or tax advice, and
- a project's presence in The Grid's data does not imply endorsement.


- [Data Licensing & Disclaimers](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/data-licensing-and-disclaimers): Licensing models and disclaimers
- [Open Data (ODbL)](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data): Open Database License terms and scope for The Grid's open data service.
- [Attribution Guidelines](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data-attribution-guidelines): How to attribute The Grid's data when using the open data service.
- [Web Services Terms](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/web-services-terms): commercial Terms for using data services.
- [All Legal Documents](https://about.thegrid.id/legal): Full index of terms, policies, and disclosures

## Optional

- [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model
- [TGS JSON Structure](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-json-structure.md): Data model structure and relationships
- [Product Type Definitions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-definitions.md): Definitions for each product type
- [Product Type Classification](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-classification.md): Guide for classifying products into types
- [Grid MCP Guide](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/grid-search/skills/grid-query/references/grid-mcp-guide.md): How to query The Grid programmatically via MCP