Vector Search stories

OpenSearch 3.6 lands as first LTS release with new observability stack, APM and agent tools for search, tracing and relevance tuning.

MariaDB adds GridGain in-memory technology as it builds an AI-ready platform for agentic systems needing faster real-time data processing.

Oracle has woven new agentic AI tools into its core database and Fusion apps, promising secure, real-time automation on live enterprise data.

Google Research says its TurboQuant method and related algorithms can slash memory use in large language models and vector search without hurting accuracy.

Atlassian rebuilt its search on OpenSearch and Kubernetes to power AI-ready, compliant, multi-tenant search for millions of global users.

Dell and NVIDIA deepen AI data platform to automate data prep, boost storage throughput and accelerate GPU performance for agentic workloads.

KX launches Nvidia-powered agentic AI blueprints to speed capital markets research and trading while tightening audit and governance controls.

Google has launched Gemini Embedding 2, a multimodal AI model that unifies search and analysis across text, images, video, audio and documents.

Teradata upgrades Enterprise Vector Store with multimodal AI and agents to unify unstructured search and workflow orchestration at scale.

MariaDB moves to buy in-memory specialist GridGain in a bid to deliver sub-millisecond latency for agentic AI and real-time workloads.

VAST and TwelveLabs partner to bring customer‑managed AI video search on‑premises for governed, large‑scale, hybrid video archives.

VAST and Nvidia launch an integrated GPU-first AI data stack, unifying storage, compute and analytics to simplify production AI workloads.

Elastic launches compact multilingual embedding models for Elasticsearch, promising faster, cheaper semantic search and stronger RAG performance.

Heidi scales AI clinical note-taking to 81 million consultations worldwide after migrating its data platform to MongoDB Atlas.

MongoDB expands its AI-focused startup programme and bakes Voyage AI models into Atlas to unify retrieval and operational data in one stack.

Progress predicts 2026 will mark a shift from AI pilots to orchestrated, governed platforms, widening the gap between leaders and laggards.

Percona unveils Percona Packages, fixed-scope services to boost open database performance and AI readiness amid rising skills gaps.

Algolia named IDC MarketScape Leader in AI search as it posts 38.5% growth and climbs to fifth worldwide in knowledge discovery tools.

Commvault and Pinecone team up to deliver immutable backups and rapid recovery for mission-critical RAG and vector database workloads.

Amazon Web Services launches Amazon S3 Vectors with 40x more scale, faster queries, and up to 90% cost savings for vast AI vector data storage.