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Cloudera partners with Pinecone to integrate AI vector database

By TechTaffy Desk

Cloudera has formed a strategic partnership with Pinecone, a firm focused on vector database technology, to enhance Cloudera’s data platform with advanced AI capabilities.

The integration will see Cloudera’s CDP enhanced with Pinecone’s vector database, facilitating the development and deployment of AI-driven applications. The collaboration will also introduce an Applied ML Prototype (AMP), designed to accelerate the creation and expansion of knowledge bases for website data. Additionally, new pre-built connectors are expected to streamline the setup process for data ingestion pipelines in AI applications.

Vector databases are adept at managing data representations (vector embeddings) and enable efficient semantic similarity searches, a process where traditional databases typically underperform.

[Image courtesy: Pinecone]

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