Neo4jintroduced Relate, “an AI-native, open source, in-memory and in-process embedded database built in Rust for AI Agents and Agentic Systems. With Relate, AI coding agents can create a database and start building applications in milliseconds.”
“Relate is the ultimate agent-native database,” said Sudhir Hasbe, president of technology and CPO at Neo4j. “Built in Rust for maximum speed and efficiency, it acts as a lightweight, in-memory store with highly durable disk storage, when needed, that can run anywhere. From seamless agent connectivity via MCP to multi-hop reasoning through full Cypher support, Relate provides a unique out-of-the-box solution designed to run in-process for agent sandboxes and agent memory as well as on mobile or edge devices.”
For more information, read the press release.
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