Pinecone

Observed profile

Managed vector database for semantic search and AI applications.

As of , AIIStack tracks Pinecone's Momentum score at 43.57/100, down 5.72 points.

Headquarters
Not disclosed
Founded
Founded year not disclosed
Official website
pinecone.io

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Company scorecard

Popularity score
26.43/100
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0 pts
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Momentum score
43.57/100
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5.72 pts
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Innovation score
37.86/100
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11.43 pts
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Activity timeline

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GitHub release
Notable

pinecone-io/python-sdk released Release v10.1.0

Mention spike
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3 new attributable Hacker News discussions were observed in the last seven days.

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6 new attributable Hacker News discussions were observed in the last seven days.

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Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026)

Location: Round Rock, TX (Austin area) Remote: Yes (preferred) / Open to hybrid Willing to relocate: Open to discussion Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, Node.js, React, Next.js, FastAPI, Elixir/Phoenix, GraphQL, REST LLM / GenAI: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, RAG, AI agents, multimodal pipelines (STT → LLM → TTS), hybrid search, pgvector / Pinecone / FAISS Systems: Distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architecture, Kafka, real-time systems, WebRTC, WebSockets Runtimes / Security: V8 isolates, Firecracker microVMs, serverless, HIPAA-compliant systems, RBAC, encryption, audit logging Cloud / DevOps: AWS, GCP (Vertex AI), Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Lambda, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus Data: Pos…

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Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2026)

SEEKING WORK | Berlin | Remote Cited Q&A on your PDFs (not a generic chatbot). Demo: https://govidivenivici.com Python/FastAPI, Pinecone, source snippets. $1,000 / 10 days. 50% to start. Vaishnavi Dhanwade — https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaishnavi-dhanwade

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Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2026)

SEEKING WORK | Berlin | Remote Cited Q&A on your PDFs (not a generic chatbot). Live: https://govidivenivici.com Python/FastAPI, Pinecone, source snippets. $1,000 / 10 days. 50% to start. Vaishnavi Dhanwade — linkedin.com/in/vaishnavi-dhanwade

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Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026)

Location: La Center, WA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Python, FastAPI, Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, LangGraph, LangChain, LlamaIndex, MCP, LangSmith, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI, Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS, pgvector, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, React, Next.js, TypeScript Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14kqCgJxs-QWIulcaal3VkDug5_R... Email: benjaminkruger1023@gmail.com Summary: Senior AI Engineer with 9+ years of software engineering experience, specializing in Generative AI, LLM applications, RAG, and AI agents. I’ve built and deployed production AI systems using Python, FastAPI, LangGraph, LangSmith, MCP, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, and cloud-native microservices. My recent wo…

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Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026)

Location: Linden, TN Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, C#, RAG, Generative AI, LLM Integration, AI Agents, Vector Search, Semantic Search, Hybrid Search, Embeddings, Prompt Engineering, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, Gemini, Azure AI Search, LangChain, LangGraph, Pinecone, MLflow, React, Next.js, FastAPI, Spring Boot, ASP.NET Core, Node.js, REST APIs, GraphQL, Microservices, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, Redis, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Git, GitHub, Jenkins, CI/CD, Prometheus Résumé/CV: https://forwardlogical.com/ Email: alexbbates4179@gmail.com

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Competitive context

Pinecone alternatives and competitors to monitor

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Momentum score
95/100
Score change
28.57

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Vector databases
Popularity score
72.14/100
Score change
0