# Use CData Connect AI to connect to live data in Appsmith applications

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**Created:** [March 17, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cdata.com/t/use-cdata-connect-ai-to-connect-to-live-data-in-appsmith-applications/1056 "2025-03-17T21:55:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cdata.com/t/use-cdata-connect-ai-to-connect-to-live-data-in-appsmith-applications/1056/1 "2025-03-17T21:55:40Z")

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CData Connect AI offers a pure cloud-to-cloud interface for your data, enabling the creation of business applications directly from live data within Appsmith. In Connect AI , you can create connections from 300+ sources, and then connect to that data in Appsmith using Connect Cloud’s Virtual SQL&nbsp;Server.

The article below outlines the process of connecting to a data source in Connect AI and creating a basic application from that data within Appsmith:

> **[Create Salesforce-Connected Applications in Appsmith](https://www.cdata.com/kb/tech/salesforce-cloud-appsmith.rst)**
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> Connect to Salesforce Data via CData Connect AI in Appsmith and create custom business applications with real-time access to Salesforce data.

**Note:** &nbsp;While this article refers to Salesforce, the principles can be applied to any of the&nbsp;300+ data sources CData Connect AI supports.