Vector Database: definition and business example
A store that finds information by meaning rather than exact words, which is how AI tools search your documents usefully.
A store that finds information by meaning rather than exact words, which is how AI tools search your documents usefully.
A search for "customer says it's too pricey" returns your price objection script, even though the script never uses the word "pricey".
In practice
Most SMEs never configure one directly — it sits inside the products they use. It matters when you evaluate a tool that promises to search your own material.
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