Vector Databases — Timeline
17 milestones, source-traced.
Oct 10, 2025
Funding: Weaviate raised $50M Series C led by Battery Ventures and Zetta Venture Partners at...
Weaviate raised $50M Series C led by Battery Ventures and Zetta Venture Partners at a $200M valuation.
funding-research →Oct 10, 2025
Funding: Weaviate raised a $50M Series C at a $200M valuation on October 10, 2025,...
Weaviate raised a $50M Series C at a $200M valuation on October 10, 2025, led by Battery Ventures and Zetta Venture Partners.
funding-research →Feb 20, 2026
Product Launch: Weaviate launched Agent Skills, a feature designed to empower AI coding agents, on February...
Weaviate launched Agent Skills, a feature designed to empower AI coding agents, on February 20, 2026.
funding-research →Mar 12, 2026
Funding: Qdrant raised $50 million in a Series B round led by AVP (with Bosch...
Qdrant raised $50 million in a Series B round led by AVP (with Bosch Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Spark Capital, and 42CAP), at a $5 billion valuation.
funding-research →Mar 12, 2026
Funding: Qdrant raised $50 million in Series B funding led by AVP (formerly AXA Venture...
Qdrant raised $50 million in Series B funding led by AVP (formerly AXA Venture Partners), with participation from Bosch Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Spark Capital, and 42CAP.
funding-research →Mar 24, 2026
Product Launch: Zilliz introduced CMEK (Customer-Managed Encryption Keys) to enhance enterprise data control in cloud environments.
funding-research →Mar 27, 2026
Product Launch: Zilliz Cloud launched Native Cross-Region Disaster Recovery for vector databases.
funding-research →Apr 21, 2026
Customer Win: Weaviate added DocsBot AI as a new customer on April 21, 2026.
funding-research →Apr 28, 2026
Product Launch: Qdrant released three new enterprise-grade cloud features.
funding-research →Apr 29, 2026
Customer Win: Qdrant added Bloop AI Limited as a customer.
funding-research →Jun 29, 2026
News Mention: Top 20+ Agentic RAG Frameworks - AIMultiple <a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiSkFVX3lxTE5HNU9GSThRWDJscjFDcUNTQWlTeHJqemFCQldLNjhmY3FLamRFYWdodnBPQWNVLTB2N3J1TXdNNUs2MWJKYlkxZWlB?oc=5" target="_blank">Top 20+ Agentic RAG Frameworks</a> <font...
Top 20+ Agentic RAG Frameworks - AIMultiple <a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiSkFVX3lxTE5HNU9GSThRWDJscjFDcUNTQWlTeHJqemFCQldLNjhmY3FLamRFYWdodnBPQWNVLTB2N3J1TXdNNUs2MWJKYlkxZWlB?oc=5" target="_blank">Top 20+ Agentic RAG Frameworks</a> <font color="#6f6f6f">AIMultiple</font>
gnews-weaviate →Jul 15, 2026
News Mention: Open-Source AI on OCI: Serving LLMs on Kubernetes with vLLM, Qdrant, and Terraform -...
Open-Source AI on OCI: Serving LLMs on Kubernetes with vLLM, Qdrant, and Terraform - Oracle Blogs <a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMijgFBVV95cUxQS1hkbHd5UnVmUTdyZ0MyV2R1ei04bzU0TGRFYlBhWE41eEphN3oteTU5U1hjQUJRUjRFSEt5MWQxMFhfSzFMRkNzcGM2bWJYMTMycUVNRGFKMy12akw0V3Q4UndYM2RPUXRJWHZ1dXpTVGxWM0ExUm9hTHBfcVUtVmZhRGhYMW9qaG9YMGJ3?oc=5" target="_blank">Open-Source AI on OCI: Serving LLMs on Kubernetes with vLLM, Qdrant, and Terraform</a> <font color="#6f6f6f">Oracle Blogs</font>
gnews-qdrant →Aug 5, 2026
News Mention: Architecting an Open-Source Search Engine: From Algolia Internals to Vector Similarity and Qdrant… -...
Architecting an Open-Source Search Engine: From Algolia Internals to Vector Similarity and Qdrant… - medium.datadriveninvestor.com <a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi4AFBVV95cUxPY3k4bDRwQ2lxOXRzbllCbGZtbHdYbjNnVmkwNVlQM0ZlMVNoUWM3QXBZeE9SNGZaT3VhR2NZcGNLZHhLa2NZR0xKRnBhNFo5UFNuNlk3WlUzZGQ0V3dRMmRZQmY2VjNib283UkZ2eFFPelk2VWw2cUVLQnEydTRLaFRlbkhrdFQwRlZrS2twdWxhTTRXNm1kR3d1SndwdFdDdVNPcWRScWw4WDJjVFlaeFkyOU5WWHJqUTJlZmFmX25TMHNZNnMwN2FwSlh3N0FlQ3VKRnh1dlBVV2R6aTYwSw?oc=5" target="_blank">Architecting an Open-Source Search Engine: From Algolia Internals to Vector Similarity and Qdrant…</a> <font color="#6f6f6f">medium.datadriveninvestor.com</font>
gnews-qdrant →Sep 1, 2026
News Mention: Qdrant builds dataset to benchmark vector retrieval at scale - TechTarget <a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMivAFBVV95cUxOaGpMS1Fya29JZnpiMURuUnkyNWptUEVkV0NJdmJkZFc3bkhKOVJ1RUV1bWlkZzBtRHFxcmxPLWwwQVhwRkl0THlwam9iSzdENnJaSGFiZ21LaUo1aERQa2RUTlJwOV9tNzlka0FlNVpHQkZ2aktlQ2xvZ2lFcVhpWmxHSm9FQnR5bGUybGxIY2VIS2Nzb2lGUllEQ1U5QTEzeEtSRWktcklsbkxQN0JwNG9FUjlhUUFxTnEyTg?oc=5" target="_blank">Qdrant...
Qdrant builds dataset to benchmark vector retrieval at scale - TechTarget <a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMivAFBVV95cUxOaGpMS1Fya29JZnpiMURuUnkyNWptUEVkV0NJdmJkZFc3bkhKOVJ1RUV1bWlkZzBtRHFxcmxPLWwwQVhwRkl0THlwam9iSzdENnJaSGFiZ21LaUo1aERQa2RUTlJwOV9tNzlka0FlNVpHQkZ2aktlQ2xvZ2lFcVhpWmxHSm9FQnR5bGUybGxIY2VIS2Nzb2lGUllEQ1U5QTEzeEtSRWktcklsbkxQN0JwNG9FUjlhUUFxTnEyTg?oc=5" target="_blank">Qdrant builds dataset to benchmark vector retrieval at scale</a> <font color="#6f6f6f">TechTarget</font>
gnews-qdrant →Sep 1, 2026
News Mention: It ain’t big enough; Qdrant uprates vector benchmark dataset size 1,000x - Blocks &...
It ain’t big enough; Qdrant uprates vector benchmark dataset size 1,000x - Blocks & Files <a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxOQmkwZTJRdFJlN1JrYktzRnlpV1dtdkRtNnl5LVJ2eEJyYmEzZUFWN09RRFJTcEQxTzQxdDh4OHkxbk1Ra2ZvN3VreThPRU8wdG9TVUR6SGpWMXlLQzI5bWhPcWpfTGtHMXRiblpxQUJBbTVIR2E0bEh4ZHdKdS1XLUx1RmNHV0p6Vm5lbXcxXzE2bjVzWi1KcGdNZTVwZ2h1WFZrVExlN29RcXNkQUszdlFrTUZSbk1wUnhudk5jMTZEZEk?oc=5" target="_blank">It ain’t big enough; Qdrant uprates vector benchmark dataset size 1,000x</a> <font color="#6f6f6f">Blocks & Files</font>
gnews-qdrant →Sep 3, 2026
News Mention: AI Search Has a Benchmarking Problem. Qdrant Wants to Fix It at 10-Billion-Vector Scale...
AI Search Has a Benchmarking Problem. Qdrant Wants to Fix It at 10-Billion-Vector Scale - HPCwire <a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMizwFBVV95cUxNLTJNaHZqX2hyOFZYZ25ScTZyclE3QThGaEpYUE9fRDBoOG9EVW83VFFpUG5yVm9INjJqcGhDVmxPcWI1c1R0X1RZcXROenJ3OURNZkRrVXhaZnpmUDE4M0dLTEJJS2RobF9QMmxXeEs2czhKS3FKVnM3bmFPWkowN2VXM1VWVW4wZzJSZXNBdTN4b3U2SV9BTVpQS3I1d214dEtHVTBnVklwd3pxT05wNEYwNHJBLVVuWXZaYTlac1kyMlBwSG5KQThKSlZ4TXM?oc=5" target="_blank">AI Search Has a Benchmarking Problem. Qdrant Wants to Fix It at 10-Billion-Vector Scale</a> <font color="#6f6f6f">HPCwire</font>
gnews-qdrant →Sep 9, 2026
News Mention: AI Search Has a Benchmarking Problem. Qdrant Wants to Fix It at 10-Billion-Vector Scale...
AI Search Has a Benchmarking Problem. Qdrant Wants to Fix It at 10-Billion-Vector Scale - HPCwire <a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxQNlBEX3dTcHRjQWpBZkw3aGZiZzNkWW95MTc4VXZaU1NDSDZBb3hsblpjY3gxdzF2YzA4X2RzYzVMa0NaV0d6WEpoLVhnb1VzMUVVWjQ1YzdoV0xUOS1OUmp4anpWMGNKbVhneWtObVVlTWNuQllGMk9uaTRLNmtwWlhyVW9oRk9zaWVtelpuSlF6dDFjZi1vUHo1T3FJT1VBbzh1V090UkFkcmV6Xy1xRXNBUXFWWXRSbjRHck0xM2htV0Y3NmRfZA?oc=5" target="_blank">AI Search Has a Benchmarking Problem. Qdrant Wants to Fix It at 10-Billion-Vector Scale</a> <font color="#6f6f6f">HPCwire</font>
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