Zilliz Launches Vector Lakebase, Extending the World's Most Adopted Vector Database into a Unified Data Platform for AI

Available now in public preview on Zilliz Cloud, Vector Lakebase keeps production vector search at its core and adds shared lake-native storage and on-demand compute — bringing real-time serving, interactive discovery, and batch analytics onto one data foundation.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Zilliz, the company behind Milvus, the world's most widely adopted open-source vector database, today announced the public preview of Zilliz Vector Lakebase, a major Zilliz Cloud release that pairs the production vector database with a shared, lake-native data foundation.

Vector Lakebase keeps Zilliz Cloud's real-time vector search at the core — the engine Zillow, OpenEvidence, Exa, Filevine, MiniMax, and more than 10,000 enterprises and AI teams already rely on — and extends it with three new ways to operate on the same data: interactive discovery, large-scale batch analytics, and search directly on external data lakes. The result is a single data foundation in which every workload runs against a single logical copy of the data, with on-demand and batch jobs billed only when compute is active.

"Production vector search is and will remain at the heart of what Zilliz does — it's why thousands of teams choose Milvus and Zilliz Cloud, and it's getting faster and more cost-efficient every release," said Charles Xie, Founder and CEO of Zilliz. "Vector Lakebase is what we believe comes next: one data foundation where the same vectors can serve a production query, anchor a discovery session, and power a multi-petabyte training-data pipeline — without copies, migration, or a parallel stack."

Why a Single Data Foundation Matters

AI systems are no longer a single-query retrieval problem. They run as a continuous loop — serve, learn from feedback, mine and prepare better data, then serve again — and each turn typically requires separate systems for serving, exploration, and large-scale processing. Moving billions of vectors between those systems can take days. The cost and complexity are so high that many teams skip the loop altogether, leaving valuable data retrievable but never improved.

Vector Lakebase closes that gap with a zero-copy semantic data plane on shared lake-native storage: real-time serving, interactive discovery, and batch analytics all run against one logical copy of the data, scaling from gigabytes to petabytes.

"Teams asked for a way to keep their data in one place and run very different workloads against it — from real-time agent memory to overnight semantic deduplication," said Robert Guo, VP of Product at Zilliz and one of the architects behind Milvus. "Vector Lakebase delivers that through a unified storage layer on Vortex, tiered serving for the production path, and on-demand compute for everything else."

Five Capabilities on One Foundation

• Tiered Real-Time Serving. Three production tiers tuned for different workloads: Performance-Optimized (1,000+ QPS, single-digit-millisecond latency, in-memory); Capacity-Optimized (100–500 QPS, sub-100ms latency, memory + NVMe); and Tiered-Storage (10–50 QPS, ~100ms latency, spanning memory, NVMe, and object storage at significantly lower cost). All tiers default to 95–98% recall, tunable to 99%+, backed by Zilliz Cloud's 99.99% uptime SLA and Global Cluster cross-region high availability.
• On-Demand Search. Pay-as-you-go compute for workloads where infrastructure sits idle most of the time, billed directly for object storage and compute rather than serverless markups. In Zilliz's internal benchmark on one billion 768-dimension vectors with 10 hours of monthly active compute, On-Demand Search totaled $318 versus $4,937 for a comparable serverless path — roughly 1/15 the cost.
• External Data Lake Search. A zero-copy External Collection mode that adds state-of-the-art indexing and full-spectrum search directly to existing Lance, Iceberg, Parquet, and Vortex tables, with incremental sync on refresh. Source data stays where it lives.
• Full-Spectrum AI Search. Search across vectors (dense and sparse), text, JSON, and geospatial data, with hybrid retrieval, BM25, regex, multi-vector and iterative search, and multi-path retrieval. Results can be reranked with Cohere, Voyage AI, RRF, and weighted/boost/decay strategies.
• Unified Lake-Native Storage. Shared storage for serving and analytics built on Vortex, an open columnar format designed for faster, cheaper random reads than Lance and Parquet, paired with object-storage-aware indexes (vector, BM25, JSON) that cut read amplification by over 90%. A 100-million-row schema backfill typically completes in single-digit minutes — without disrupting active query traffic.

Together, these capabilities let AI teams consolidate what previously required parallel always-on serving clusters and separate batch systems onto one platform — with consistent indexes, versioned data, and compute that scales to zero between jobs.

Availability

Zilliz Vector Lakebase is available now in public preview on Zilliz Cloud, alongside Serverless, Dedicated, and BYOC deployment options across more than 30 regions on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. New work email signups receive $100 in free credits at zilliz.com. Teams running serving, discovery, and analytics on separate stacks can contact the Zilliz team for a tailored walkthrough.

About Zilliz

Zilliz is a leading AI data infrastructure company and the creator of Milvus, the world's most widely adopted open-source vector database, with 44,000+ GitHub stars and over 100 million Docker pulls. Zilliz helps enterprises and AI startups make their unstructured data searchable, analyzable, and governable — turning text, images, audio, video, and more into a strategic asset for production AI.

Zilliz's technology centers on Milvus and Zilliz Cloud. Milvus is an open-source vector database purpose-built for 100-billion-scale vector search. Zilliz Cloud extends that foundation into a fully managed Vector Lakebase platform, combining the high-throughput, low-latency serving capabilities of vector databases with the openness, scalability, and economics of multimodal data lakes. Zilliz powers more than 10,000 enterprises and AI-native startups worldwide, including MiniMax, OpenEvidence, Filevine, Exa, Salesforce, and Read AI.

Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, Zilliz is backed by leading investors, including Aramco's Prosperity 7 Ventures, Temasek's Pavilion Capital, Hillhouse Capital, 5Y Capital, Yunqi Partners, and Trustbridge Partners. Learn more at Zilliz.com.

Available now in public preview on Zilliz Cloud, Vector Lakebase keeps production vector search at its core and adds shared lake-native storage and on-demand compute — bringing real-time serving, interactive discovery, and batch analytics onto one data foundation.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Zilliz, the company behind Milvus, the world's most widely adopted open-source vector database, today announced the public preview of Zilliz Vector Lakebase, a major Zilliz Cloud release that pairs the production vector database with a shared, lake-native data foundation.

Vector Lakebase keeps Zilliz Cloud's real-time vector search at the core — the engine Zillow, OpenEvidence, Exa, Filevine, MiniMax, and more than 10,000 enterprises and AI teams already rely on — and extends it with three new ways to operate on the same data: interactive discovery, large-scale batch analytics, and search directly on external data lakes. The result is a single data foundation in which every workload runs against a single logical copy of the data, with on-demand and batch jobs billed only when compute is active.

"Production vector search is and will remain at the heart of what Zilliz does — it's why thousands of teams choose Milvus and Zilliz Cloud, and it's getting faster and more cost-efficient every release," said Charles Xie, Founder and CEO of Zilliz. "Vector Lakebase is what we believe comes next: one data foundation where the same vectors can serve a production query, anchor a discovery session, and power a multi-petabyte training-data pipeline — without copies, migration, or a parallel stack."

Why a Single Data Foundation Matters

AI systems are no longer a single-query retrieval problem. They run as a continuous loop — serve, learn from feedback, mine and prepare better data, then serve again — and each turn typically requires separate systems for serving, exploration, and large-scale processing. Moving billions of vectors between those systems can take days. The cost and complexity are so high that many teams skip the loop altogether, leaving valuable data retrievable but never improved.

Vector Lakebase closes that gap with a zero-copy semantic data plane on shared lake-native storage: real-time serving, interactive discovery, and batch analytics all run against one logical copy of the data, scaling from gigabytes to petabytes.

"Teams asked for a way to keep their data in one place and run very different workloads against it — from real-time agent memory to overnight semantic deduplication," said Robert Guo, VP of Product at Zilliz and one of the architects behind Milvus. "Vector Lakebase delivers that through a unified storage layer on Vortex, tiered serving for the production path, and on-demand compute for everything else."

Five Capabilities on One Foundation

• Tiered Real-Time Serving. Three production tiers tuned for different workloads: Performance-Optimized (1,000+ QPS, single-digit-millisecond latency, in-memory); Capacity-Optimized (100–500 QPS, sub-100ms latency, memory + NVMe); and Tiered-Storage (10–50 QPS, ~100ms latency, spanning memory, NVMe, and object storage at significantly lower cost). All tiers default to 95–98% recall, tunable to 99%+, backed by Zilliz Cloud's 99.99% uptime SLA and Global Cluster cross-region high availability.
• On-Demand Search. Pay-as-you-go compute for workloads where infrastructure sits idle most of the time, billed directly for object storage and compute rather than serverless markups. In Zilliz's internal benchmark on one billion 768-dimension vectors with 10 hours of monthly active compute, On-Demand Search totaled $318 versus $4,937 for a comparable serverless path — roughly 1/15 the cost.
• External Data Lake Search. A zero-copy External Collection mode that adds state-of-the-art indexing and full-spectrum search directly to existing Lance, Iceberg, Parquet, and Vortex tables, with incremental sync on refresh. Source data stays where it lives.
• Full-Spectrum AI Search. Search across vectors (dense and sparse), text, JSON, and geospatial data, with hybrid retrieval, BM25, regex, multi-vector and iterative search, and multi-path retrieval. Results can be reranked with Cohere, Voyage AI, RRF, and weighted/boost/decay strategies.
• Unified Lake-Native Storage. Shared storage for serving and analytics built on Vortex, an open columnar format designed for faster, cheaper random reads than Lance and Parquet, paired with object-storage-aware indexes (vector, BM25, JSON) that cut read amplification by over 90%. A 100-million-row schema backfill typically completes in single-digit minutes — without disrupting active query traffic.

Together, these capabilities let AI teams consolidate what previously required parallel always-on serving clusters and separate batch systems onto one platform — with consistent indexes, versioned data, and compute that scales to zero between jobs.

Availability

Zilliz Vector Lakebase is available now in public preview on Zilliz Cloud, alongside Serverless, Dedicated, and BYOC deployment options across more than 30 regions on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. New work email signups receive $100 in free credits at zilliz.com. Teams running serving, discovery, and analytics on separate stacks can contact the Zilliz team for a tailored walkthrough.

About Zilliz

Zilliz is a leading AI data infrastructure company and the creator of Milvus, the world's most widely adopted open-source vector database, with 44,000+ GitHub stars and over 100 million Docker pulls. Zilliz helps enterprises and AI startups make their unstructured data searchable, analyzable, and governable — turning text, images, audio, video, and more into a strategic asset for production AI.

Zilliz's technology centers on Milvus and Zilliz Cloud. Milvus is an open-source vector database purpose-built for 100-billion-scale vector search. Zilliz Cloud extends that foundation into a fully managed Vector Lakebase platform, combining the high-throughput, low-latency serving capabilities of vector databases with the openness, scalability, and economics of multimodal data lakes. Zilliz powers more than 10,000 enterprises and AI-native startups worldwide, including MiniMax, OpenEvidence, Filevine, Exa, Salesforce, and Read AI.

Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, Zilliz is backed by leading investors, including Aramco's Prosperity 7 Ventures, Temasek's Pavilion Capital, Hillhouse Capital, 5Y Capital, Yunqi Partners, and Trustbridge Partners. Learn more at Zilliz.com.

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Zilliz Launches Vector Lakebase, Extending the World's Most Adopted Vector Database into a Unified Data Platform for AI

Summer campaign highlights effortless pool and yard care with savings on award-winning robotic cleaners and intelligent irrigation technology

ATLANTA, June 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- This summer, Aiper, a global leader in cordless robotic pool cleaning and smart yard innovation, is inviting homeowners to Enjoy Every Summer Wave with up to 40% off select smart outdoor maintenance solutions designed to make pool and backyard care effortless. Inspired by the simple beauty of water in motion, from the crystal-clear ripples of a swimming pool to the flow of a well-maintained backyard landscape, the campaign celebrates a more carefree approach to outdoor living where time is spent enjoying summer, not maintaining it.

Summer is often the season when pools and backyards see their highest levels of use, but it is also when maintenance demands are at their peak. Between labor-intensive cleaning, inconsistent results, and the ongoing upkeep required to keep outdoor spaces looking their best, many homeowners find themselves spending valuable time on chores instead of creating memories with family and friends. Aiper's intelligent pool cleaning and yard care solutions help eliminate those burdens, allowing consumers to focus on the moments that matter most.

"Summer should be about making memories, not managing maintenance," said Aiper CEO Richard. "Through smart automation and thoughtful innovation, we're helping homeowners spend less time worrying about upkeep and more time enjoying every moment outdoors."

At the center of the campaign are four innovative solutions designed to simplify pool and backyard care while supporting a more effortless outdoor lifestyle.

• The Aiper Experts Duo (Scuba V3 + EcoSurfer S2) is available for $1,199.99, a savings of $299.99. Designed to deliver complete pool coverage, the bundle pairs the Scuba V3 robotic pool cleaner with the EcoSurfer S2 robotic pool skimmer to tackle debris above and below the waterline simultaneously. While the Scuba V3 cleans the pool floor, walls and waterline, the EcoSurfer S2 continuously removes floating leaves and surface debris, helping homeowners spend less time managing pool upkeep and more time enjoying crystal-clear water all summer long.
• The Scuba V3 is available for $849.99, a savings of $250. Powered by Aiper's advanced cognitive AI technology, the robotic pool cleaner intelligently adapts to changing pool conditions, optimizing its cleaning path for more efficient and thorough coverage. Designed for peak swimming season, the Scuba V3 delivers powerful cleaning performance while reducing the guesswork and effort of pool maintenance, helping keep pools consistently swim-ready for spontaneous dips, weekend entertaining, and everyday family fun.
• The Scuba S1 is available for $529.99, a savings of $170. Offering reliable, autonomous pool cleaning, the proven best seller Scuba S1 makes it easy to maintain a cleaner, more inviting swimming environment with minimal effort, giving homeowners more time to relax and enjoy every moment by the water.
• Beyond the pool, the IrriSense 2 smart irrigation system is available for $429.99, a savings of $70. Designed to make outdoor maintenance smarter and more sustainable, IrriSense 2 automatically adjusts watering schedules to help reduce water waste while keeping lawns and gardens healthy. The result is a greener landscape, lower water consumption and less time spent managing irrigation during the hottest months of the year.

As families gather outdoors and backyard spaces become the center of seasonal activity, Aiper believes maintenance should fade into the background. A clean pool, a thriving landscape, and a welcoming outdoor environment should not require constant effort. Instead, they should create opportunities for connection, relaxation, and enjoyment.

The Summer Campaign begins now until June 20, offering consumers savings of up to 40% on select Aiper products for a limited time. With smart solutions designed to handle the work behind the scenes, Aiper is helping homeowners embrace a more carefree summer where every wave, every gathering, and every moment can be enjoyed to the fullest.

About Aiper

Aiper is the No.1 smart robotic pool cleaner brand and a leader in reliable, intelligent solutions for the smart yard ecosystem. From crystal-clear pools to balanced water and smarter irrigation, Aiper's ecosystem simplifies care across your entire yard. Trusted by more than 3 million users worldwide, Aiper is available in over 7,000 stores across 50+ countries and regions. Renowned for excellence, Aiper products have earned prestigious honors including the Red Dot Design Award, the iF Design Award, and editorial awards from USA Today and TWICE, and have been recognized as a CES Innovation Awards Honoree from 2023 through 2026. Driven by smart automation, adaptive AI, and sustainable design, Aiper delivers a truly carefree experience, giving you more time to enjoy life's best moments.

^[1] Euromonitor International Co., Ltd., in terms of 2025 manufacturer sales volume (units) in the world. Smart robotic pool cleaner is defined as: intelligent service robots integrating mechanical, electronic, software algorithm and sensor technologies. They autonomously or with minimal human intervention perform pool cleaning and maintenance tasks, typically featuring smart navigation, path planning, and multiple cleaning modes. Research completed in 2026/3.

Summer campaign highlights effortless pool and yard care with savings on award-winning robotic cleaners and intelligent irrigation technology

ATLANTA, June 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- This summer, Aiper, a global leader in cordless robotic pool cleaning and smart yard innovation, is inviting homeowners to Enjoy Every Summer Wave with up to 40% off select smart outdoor maintenance solutions designed to make pool and backyard care effortless. Inspired by the simple beauty of water in motion, from the crystal-clear ripples of a swimming pool to the flow of a well-maintained backyard landscape, the campaign celebrates a more carefree approach to outdoor living where time is spent enjoying summer, not maintaining it.

Summer is often the season when pools and backyards see their highest levels of use, but it is also when maintenance demands are at their peak. Between labor-intensive cleaning, inconsistent results, and the ongoing upkeep required to keep outdoor spaces looking their best, many homeowners find themselves spending valuable time on chores instead of creating memories with family and friends. Aiper's intelligent pool cleaning and yard care solutions help eliminate those burdens, allowing consumers to focus on the moments that matter most.

"Summer should be about making memories, not managing maintenance," said Aiper CEO Richard. "Through smart automation and thoughtful innovation, we're helping homeowners spend less time worrying about upkeep and more time enjoying every moment outdoors."

At the center of the campaign are four innovative solutions designed to simplify pool and backyard care while supporting a more effortless outdoor lifestyle.

• The Aiper Experts Duo (Scuba V3 + EcoSurfer S2) is available for $1,199.99, a savings of $299.99. Designed to deliver complete pool coverage, the bundle pairs the Scuba V3 robotic pool cleaner with the EcoSurfer S2 robotic pool skimmer to tackle debris above and below the waterline simultaneously. While the Scuba V3 cleans the pool floor, walls and waterline, the EcoSurfer S2 continuously removes floating leaves and surface debris, helping homeowners spend less time managing pool upkeep and more time enjoying crystal-clear water all summer long.
• The Scuba V3 is available for $849.99, a savings of $250. Powered by Aiper's advanced cognitive AI technology, the robotic pool cleaner intelligently adapts to changing pool conditions, optimizing its cleaning path for more efficient and thorough coverage. Designed for peak swimming season, the Scuba V3 delivers powerful cleaning performance while reducing the guesswork and effort of pool maintenance, helping keep pools consistently swim-ready for spontaneous dips, weekend entertaining, and everyday family fun.
• The Scuba S1 is available for $529.99, a savings of $170. Offering reliable, autonomous pool cleaning, the proven best seller Scuba S1 makes it easy to maintain a cleaner, more inviting swimming environment with minimal effort, giving homeowners more time to relax and enjoy every moment by the water.
• Beyond the pool, the IrriSense 2 smart irrigation system is available for $429.99, a savings of $70. Designed to make outdoor maintenance smarter and more sustainable, IrriSense 2 automatically adjusts watering schedules to help reduce water waste while keeping lawns and gardens healthy. The result is a greener landscape, lower water consumption and less time spent managing irrigation during the hottest months of the year.

As families gather outdoors and backyard spaces become the center of seasonal activity, Aiper believes maintenance should fade into the background. A clean pool, a thriving landscape, and a welcoming outdoor environment should not require constant effort. Instead, they should create opportunities for connection, relaxation, and enjoyment.

The Summer Campaign begins now until June 20, offering consumers savings of up to 40% on select Aiper products for a limited time. With smart solutions designed to handle the work behind the scenes, Aiper is helping homeowners embrace a more carefree summer where every wave, every gathering, and every moment can be enjoyed to the fullest.

About Aiper

Aiper is the No.1 smart robotic pool cleaner brand and a leader in reliable, intelligent solutions for the smart yard ecosystem. From crystal-clear pools to balanced water and smarter irrigation, Aiper's ecosystem simplifies care across your entire yard. Trusted by more than 3 million users worldwide, Aiper is available in over 7,000 stores across 50+ countries and regions. Renowned for excellence, Aiper products have earned prestigious honors including the Red Dot Design Award, the iF Design Award, and editorial awards from USA Today and TWICE, and have been recognized as a CES Innovation Awards Honoree from 2023 through 2026. Driven by smart automation, adaptive AI, and sustainable design, Aiper delivers a truly carefree experience, giving you more time to enjoy life's best moments.

^[1] Euromonitor International Co., Ltd., in terms of 2025 manufacturer sales volume (units) in the world. Smart robotic pool cleaner is defined as: intelligent service robots integrating mechanical, electronic, software algorithm and sensor technologies. They autonomously or with minimal human intervention perform pool cleaning and maintenance tasks, typically featuring smart navigation, path planning, and multiple cleaning modes. Research completed in 2026/3.

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Aiper Invites Homeowners to Enjoy Every Summer Wave With Up to 40% Off Smart, Time-Saving Solutions