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6 results for “vector database”
Chroma
An open-source vector database designed for embedding-based applications, optimised for developer ergonomics and increasingly for large-scale serverless retrieval through a 2025 Rust-core rewrite.
Pinecone
Pinecone is a managed, cloud-native vector database designed for storing high-dimensional embeddings and serving low-latency similarity search for retrieval-augmented AI applications.
Qdrant
An open-source, Rust-based vector database and similarity search engine designed for high-performance storage and retrieval of high-dimensional embeddings, with support for hybrid search and multitenant deployments.
Retrieval-Augmented Generation
A technique that enhances large language model outputs by retrieving relevant documents from an external knowledge base at inference time, grounding responses in up-to-date and domain-specific information.
Vector Database
A specialised database system that stores data as high-dimensional numerical vectors and enables fast approximate nearest-neighbour search, forming the retrieval backbone of semantic search and RAG systems.
Weaviate
An open-source, cloud-native vector database that combines vector similarity search with structured filtering, GraphQL APIs, and built-in vectorisation for AI applications.