The Clarifai platform allows users to create self-contained AI applications for managing data, annotations, models, and workflows, which can be developed using their online portal, API, or Python SDK. Users can create multiple applications to organize tasks and data, and operations within an application only affect that specific application. The platform supports data ingestion for model training, offering examples for various annotation types like bounding boxes and polygons, and allows users to upload datasets from local directories or CSV files. Users can design custom models for computer vision and NLP, with options for trainable and fixed-function models, and train them using the Clarifai UI. Additionally, the platform provides access to community pre-trained models for tasks like image classification and text generation, with the ability to predict from various input types. Future updates will include more data utilities, model training and evaluation interfaces, and vector search capabilities, with ongoing enhancements and user feedback encouraged through their Discord channel.