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94% Faster Keyword Search, Multi-vector Embeddings, NVIDIA integrations, and much more
Prajjwal Yadav
February 27, 2025
Hello Weaviate Community! 🤗
Weaviate Embeddings General Availability (GA) & Weaviate 1.29 have officially landed, and they're bringing the heat with many cool features to accelerate enterprise AI. Get ready for multi-vector embedding support, the BlockMax WAND algorithm for faster BM25 and hybrid searches, RBAC GA, async replication, and much more!
What’s new:
Weaviate Embeddings is now GA in Weaviate Cloud, featuring Snowflake's Arctic Embed 2.0
Dedicated Enterprise Deployment on Microsoft Azure
94% faster keyword search with BlockMax WAND.
Full RBAC support is now available as an enterprise feature
Multi-vector embeddings now enable both queries and objects to be represented by multiple vectors (ColBERT-style "late interaction")
NVIDIA integrations make it easier to build AI applications with embedding, search, and RAG
Async Replication enables automatic consistency maintenance across a distributed deployment
This launch brings speed, simplicity, and security improvements - exactly what you need to build reliable AI applications.
Learn more:
Latest AI & tech insights
Explore our recent Weaviate content:
Learn
Multi-vector RAG (ColPali): Using Weaviate to search a collection of PDF documents
📖 NVIDIA Module Notebooks for vector search, hybrid search, and generative search.
Watch
🎙 Optimizing Retrieval Agents with Shirley Wu - Weaviate Podcast #115: Explore the Avatar Optimizer and STaRK Benchmark - advancing LLM prompts and retrieval systems with Shirley Wu from Stanford University. Watch the full podcast
📺 60-second explainers on key concepts:
🎧 Tune into the Weaviate podcast on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.
Product highlights
Follow along in the #announcement channel in the Weaviate Community Slack.
We’ve already hit you with the Weaviate Embeddings and 1.29 highlights… but the excitement doesn’t stop here. Mark your calendars for March 5, where our experts will deliver a deep dive into new features like multi-valued vectors, RBAC, and more.
Upcoming events
Join us online or in person for expert-led AI workshops and networking events. Connect, learn, and build with the community!
Online
📚 Weaviate 1.29 Release Highlights Session | March 5 | Register here
🛠️ Building Scalable Apps with Weaviate | March 6 | Register here
🚀 Beyond the Hype: How AI Agents Can Transform Your Business | March 14 | Register here
In-person
San Jose, CA | March 17 - 21, 2025 | Weaviate at NVIDIA GTC Booth #3228 | Book a meeting!
Our CEO Bob speaks @ Next AI Summit | 20 - 21 March 2025 | Andorra la Vella
Company updates
We are excited to welcome Scott and Sean. 🤗
Join our team — We're hiring across various teams! ➡️ Check out our career page for exciting opportunities in engineering, research, and more.✨
Hungry for more?
Have a question or want to connect? Say hi in the Community Slack or join our Weaviate Forum to engage in community conversations.
Weaviate is open source ➡️ Check our GitHub and star us while you're there. ⭐
See you in two weeks,
Prajjwal