Explaining Vector Databases in 3 Levels of Difficulty

From noob to expert: Demystifying vector databases across different backgrounds

Leonie Monigatti
Towards Data Science
8 min readJul 4, 2023

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A 3D vector space illustrated as space with stars and a rocket.
Vector space (Image hand-drawn by the author)

Vector databases have been getting a lot of attention recently, with many vector database startups raising millions in funding.

Chances are you have probably already heard of them but didn’t really care about them…

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