`TabPFN`: fast foundation model for tabular prediction

A strong shortcut for classification and regression on structured data without feature scaling or one-hot encoding. GPU-first and best under 100k rows / 2k features, so it is worth testing for scoring or forecasting before building a heavier pipeline.

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pip install tabpfn gets you classifier and regressor defaults, with checkpoint download on first fit; setup is light for experiments.
Skip scaling and one-hot encoding entirely. That cuts prep work and makes it attractive for messy product or business datasets.
Inference is GPU-oriented: ~8GB VRAM works, 16GB helps on larger sets; CPU is only practical around <=1000 samples.
Prediction should be batched. Repeated single-row predict calls recompute the training set and can become almost 100x slower.
The project also points to TabPFN Client for hosted inference and extensions for SHAP, feature selection, outlier detection, and synthetic data use cases.

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