# Insight Engine > **See also** > > The [Squirro Academy](https://learn.squirro.com/) course [Understanding an Insight Engine](https://learn.squirro.com/learn/catalog/view/16) is a very good overview of the general capabilities in an Insight Engine. Insight Engines augment search technology with artificial intelligence to deliver insights. Insight Engines apply relevancy methods to describe, discover, organize and analyze data. This allows existing or synthesized information to be delivered, proactively or interactively, to digital workers, customers or constituents, in context and at timely business moments. > Insight engines combine search with AI to deliver actionable insights derived from the full spectrum of content and data sourced within and external to the enterprise. > > Gartner 2019 Magic Quadrant for Insight Engines Our Insight Engine gathers data from all internal, external and premium data sources, understands the data by applying multiple [AI](../a-z/industry-glossary.md#term-AI) and [ML](../a-z/industry-glossary.md#term-ML) models and helps users to act upon it through actionable recommendations and visualizations. From a technical point of view, the Squirro Insight Engine is the underlying platform powering individual use cases, as well as the standard applications such as [Squirro Search](cognitive-search.md#cognitive-search). For further information, see the following documents: - [Squirro Insight Engine](https://squirro.com/insight-engine/) on the Squirro website - [Squirro Profiles](../profiles/index.md#profiles) for different learning paths