Pinecone
More info
- Creator
- Edo Liberty
- Released
- Owner
- Pinecone Systems, Inc.
- Type
- Managed vector database
- License
- Proprietary (managed cloud)
- Website
- pinecone.io
The first managed-only vector database — kicked off the ML vector-DB wave around 2021, built for enterprise RAG.
Closed source. Launched serverless mode in 2024 — pay per write/read instead of per pod. Faced anti-momentum from ChatGPT-era developers who'd rather self-host (which went to Qdrant / Weaviate / pgvector). Big enterprise footprint thanks to compliance, SOC 2, the pure managed-service stance. Edo Liberty came from Amazon Research.