In essence, a feature store is a dedicated repository where features are methodically stored and arranged, primarily for training models by data scientists and facilitating predictions in applications equipped with trained models. It stands as a pivotal gathering point, where one can formulate or modify collections of features drawn from a variety of data sources. …

Feature stores are rapidly growing in popularity as organizations look to improve their machine learning productivity and operations (MLOps). With the advancements in MLOps, feature stores are becoming an essential component of the machine learning infrastructure, helping organizations to improve the performance and ability to explain their models, and accelerate the integration of new models …