Pinecone
Pinecone is a fully managed, serverless vector database service that simplifies storage, indexing, and retrieval of high-dimensional embeddings for AI applications. Founded by former AWS and Yahoo! researchers, Pinecone enables engineering teams to build performant, production-grade solutions—such as semantic search, recommendation engines, and anomaly detection—without managing complex infrastructure.
Use Cases
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Semantic Search over documents, images, and audio for customer support and knowledge management.
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Recommendation Systems powering personalized content and product suggestions.
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Anomaly Detection in time-series and transaction data for fraud prevention and monitoring.
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Retrieval-Augmented Generation feeding relevant context to generative AI models to reduce hallucinations.
Customers & Markets
Pinecone serves startups to Fortune 500 enterprises across technology, e-commerce, finance, life sciences, and media. Notable customers include Shopify, Gong, Zapier, and Rubrik, leveraging Pinecone to power AI-driven features in their products and services.
Research, Partnerships & Innovations
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Research Focus: Scalable indexing algorithms (HNSW), hybrid vector search, and efficient similarity retrieval.
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Partnerships: Integrations with OpenAI, Hugging Face, AWS, GCP, and Azure for seamless embedding generation and hosting.
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Innovations: Automatic index rebalancing, multi-vector queries, and per-query metadata filtering in a managed service.
Key People
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Edo Liberty – Founder & CEO | Visionary behind vector search and core database architecture.
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Ash Ashutosh – CEO | Drives business strategy, partnerships, and go-to-market execution.
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Ram Sriharsha – CTO | Oversees technology roadmap, R&D, and platform scalability.
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Lior Ehrenfeld – VP Finance & Ops | Manages corporate finance, operations, and investor relations.
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Adel Farahmand – VP Sales & Partnerships | Leads global sales strategy and ecosystem alliances.