Neo4j open-sources Relate, an in-memory database for AI agent memory
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Neo4j releases Relate, an in-memory embedded database written in Rust and open-sourced under the Apache 2.0 license, aimed at AI agents and agent systems, capable of creating databases and executing queries in milliseconds. Neo4j says Relate brings multi-hop reasoning and GraphRAG to AI agents, resulting in more accurate results and fewer hallucinations. This claim comes from Neo4j's release announcement and has not been independently verified.
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- Hacker News AINew In-Memory Database Purpose-Built for AI Agents by NEO4J
Neo4j released Relate, an open source (Apache 2.0), in-memory, in-process embedded database built in Rust for AI agents and agentic systems, which installs quickly and starts in milliseconds. It offers built-in MCP server connectivity, a CLI, Bolt and HTTP Query API v2 endpoints, sub-millisecond in-memory reads, and is 100% openCypher and more than 97% GQL compliant. Relate is available at https://relatedb.ai.
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