Alibaba Cloud Big Data AI Platform

Dec 24, 2025 · Big Data

How Paimon’s Column‑Separation Architecture Powers Real‑Time Multi‑Modal Lakehouse for AI

This article explains the challenges of frequent column changes in AI feature engineering, introduces Paimon’s column‑separation storage with a global continuous Row ID, details its Blob data type for efficient multi‑modal handling, and outlines production results and future roadmap for building an AI‑native data lakehouse.