What does Pinecone do?

Pinecone is a managed, cloud-native vector database founded in 2019. It enables developers to build, scale, and deploy AI applications through fast vector search and similarity matching via a simple API. The company aims to simplify AI infrastructure by providing essential storage and retrieval solutions, allowing users to focus on application development without worrying about algorithm selection or performance tuning. The flagship product is a serverless vector database optimized for storing and querying high-dimensional vector embeddings. Key features include real-time indexing, performant algorithms for approximate nearest neighbor search, and tiered storage for scalability. Pinecone supports a variety of applications, such as semantic search and recommendation systems, and is designed for mission-critical generative AI workloads. Pinecone serves a diverse range of clients, from startups to Fortune 500 companies, including notable names like Shopify and Vanguard. The company operates with a usage-based pricing model, accommodating users with varying needs, from small teams to large enterprises. Pinecone is committed to reliability and security, offering a 99.95% uptime SLA and holding multiple industry certifications.