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We've raised $6.5M to kill vector databases. Every system today retrieves context the same way: vector search that stores everything as flat embeddings and returns whatever "feels" closest. Similar, sure. Relevant? Almost never. Embeddings can’t tell a Q3 renewal clause from a…↗

·@contextkingceo·Mar 12, 2026·launch·ai·context-graph·hydra-db·ontology

Vector databases & embeddings are the current hot thing in AI. Pinecone, a vector DB company, just raised $100M at ~1b valuation. Shopify, Brex, Hubspot and others use them for their AI apps But what are they, how do they work and why are they SO crucial in AI? Let's find out↗