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		bastardoperator on April 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pinecone raises $100M Series B Vector databases, so hot right now. I haven't really looked into them, I'm just wondering when or if postgres will do it better?

arecurrence on April 27, 2023 | [–]

Postgres has pgvector. It’s awesome.

bugglebeetle on April 27, 2023 | [–]

It already does and it’s free - https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector

Only a sucker being forced to by their investors would use pinecone.

esafak on April 27, 2023 | [–]

How big is your pgvector installation, and what are your p50/p99 latencies like? pinecone and the like are not necessary for toy projects.

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