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Pinecone
AI · New York City, United States · Founded 2019
Fully managed vector database that makes it easy to add vector search to production applications MoreLess
Pinecone.io is a startup that operates in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector, providing a high-performance, fully-managed vector database for businesses. The company's primary service is to help businesses transform their operations by developing AI applications that can store and search through vector embeddings. This means that Pinecone.io's technology can understand and interpret the meaning of data, which can be used to power applications that rely on retrieving relevant information.
The company's services are particularly useful for businesses that want to build AI-powered applications such as chatbots. By using Pinecone.io's technology, these chatbots can provide the most relevant context from a company's data to a Generative-AI model, which can help the chatbot to answer queries more accurately.
Pinecone.io operates on a scalable business model, allowing businesses to start for free on the starter plan and then scale their usage according to their needs. The company makes money through transparent, resource-based pricing, which means businesses only pay for the resources they use.
The company's services are designed to be developer-friendly and easily scalable, meaning businesses can start, scale, and sit back without needing to maintain infrastructure, monitor services, or troubleshoot algorithms. This makes Pinecone.io's services accessible to a wide range of clients, from small startups to large corporations.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Vector Database, Fully-Managed, Scalable, Developer-Friendly, Resource-Based Pricing, Chatbots, Generative-AI Model, Data Embeddings, Information Retrieval.
Company overview
Pinecone company information
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- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2019
- Headquarters
- New York City, United States
- Employees
- 135
- Open positions
- 4
- Dealroom signal
- 69.8
Valuation & funding
Pinecone funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECONDARYOther financing | Nov 2023 | $0 | — | Undisclosed | — |
| SERIES BOther financing | Apr 2023 | $100M | $750M | Menlo Ventures · Andreessen Horowitz · Wing Venture Capital · ICONIQ Growth | ↗ |
| SERIES AOther financing | Mar 2022 | $28M | $112M | Tiger Global · Wing Venture Capital · Menlo Ventures | ↗ |
| SEEDOther financing | Jan 2021 | $10M | $40M | Wing Venture Capital | — |
Financials
Revenue and workforce over time
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| Year | Revenue | Growth | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $17M | 0% | 135 |
| 2025 | $17M | 0% | 131 |
| 2024 | $17M | 0% | 181 |
| 2023 | $17M | +246.9% | 139 |
| 2022 | $4.9M | +122.7% | 50 |
| 2021 | $2.2M | — | 23 |
Growth signals
Pinecone website traffic
Latest recorded traffic for Pinecone is 500K monthly website visits, down 16.7% over the last three months. Pinecone's team grew 3.1% over the past year.
Hiring
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Comparisons
Pinecone compared with similar companies
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Amsterdam, Netherlands | Operational | 73 | $68M | $200M |
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London, United Kingdom | Operational | |||
 QdrantOpen-source vector database for AI applications |
Berlin, Germany | Operational | |||
 Jina AIAI search foundation for multimodal, multilingual applications |
Berlin, Germany | Acquired | |||
 DeepsetAI orchestration framework for building enterprise LLM applications |
Berlin, Germany | Operational | |||
 NuMindNext-generation NLP tool |
Cambridge, United States | Operational | |||
 GalileoBuilding the next generation of data tools for ML teams |
San Francisco, United States | Acquired | |||
 Neo4jGraph database and analytics platform for enterprises. |
San Mateo, United States | Operational |
Talent graph
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