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Open-source vector database built for enterprise-scale AI

Getting Started

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Best For

Enterprise architects and large teams who need to handle billions of vectors with enterprise-grade reliability, RBAC, and Kubernetes-native deployment

Organizations with compliance requirements who need a self-hosted vector database with full data control

Teams building large-scale recommendation systems, image search, or multimodal AI applications

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