Vespa Newsletter, February 2024
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The Vespa Newsletter for February 2024 highlights several advancements and recognitions for Vespa.ai, including its recognition as a leader in GigaOm's report on vector databases due to its strengths in model versatility, search flexibility, and real-time capabilities. The update introduces new features such as a native ColBERT embedder, enhancements to YQL with the addition of an IN operator, and support for fuzzy and regexp matching in streaming search. It also discusses performance improvements for fuzzy matching and the use of parameter substitution to simplify hybrid queries. Additionally, Vespa is sponsoring hackathons at Stanford and Berkeley, and the newsletter invites readers to explore new blog posts and try Vespa Cloud for free.