Highlights from Google Next ‘24

Team Weaviate attended Google Cloud Next conference where they connected with community members, made new friends, and shared their latest product features and trend predictions. They observed that vector databases are becoming more popular in the AI stack, and enterprises are showing a preference for open-source solutions like Weaviate due to data compliance and security requirements. Many industries are building AI applications using Weaviate, with financial services, retail, and media being the most prevalent. There was significant interest in optimizing AI setups through concepts such as quantization and rescoring. Google Cloud's announcements included new products like VertexAI Agent Builder and updates to Gemini. The team also hosted a breakout session on deploying Weaviate on Google Kubernetes Engine, and announced upcoming events including Google I/O and an in-person event with Google Cloud in New York City.

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