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Knowledge Graphs · Vector Search & RAG

Overview

Knowledge graphs, vectors, temporal, and full-text search in one Rust engine — for agent memory, RAG, and company brains. Build memory yourself, or build your memory product on top of it.

Funding and backers

Backers
1
Y Combinator
Momentum
30/100
in the news, rising traction
Last sign of life
2 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Apr 2025 Went through Y Combinator Feb 2025 Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
GitHub stars
8 public repositories · +35%
Hacker News stories
2
best: 2 points
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Shared investors1
Y CombinatorVia a fund
6310 portfolio companies

News

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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
London United Kingdom
HQ