Qdrant announces a $50 million Series B
Announced a $50 million Series B — put forward the concept of composable vector search (combining dense and sparse vectors, metadata filters, multivectors and custom scoring at query time). 250 million cumulative downloads
Why it matters
The counterargument of the dedicated vector DB camp. A direct reply to integrated options (Postgres, Elasticsearch)
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