Full-Time

Developer Advocate

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Pinecone

Pinecone

51-200 employees

High-performance vector database for AI applications

Enterprise Software
AI & Machine Learning

Senior, Expert

San Francisco, CA, USA

Ability to travel 10–20% of the year throughout the US for events.

Category
Developer Relations
Requirements
  • 8+ years of experience in a technical role such as software engineering, solution engineering, or machine learning.
  • Fluency with the modern AI stack: LLMs, vector databases, evaluation tools, etc.
  • Superb written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to travel 10–20% of the year throughout the US for events.
Responsibilities
  • Uncover the common issues self-serve users face in Pinecone, and create content such as tutorials, example notebooks, docs guides, or videos to help them through those issues.
  • Engage with users on the Pinecone forums, on social channels, and in local hackathons to answer common questions and help them get started with Pinecone.
  • Proactively create instructional materials (content, videos, and code samples) for our docs, social profiles, and community forum.
  • Collaborate with Engineering and Product to influence the product roadmap as the 'voice of the community.'

Pinecone provides a fully-managed vector database that helps businesses develop AI applications capable of storing and searching through vector embeddings. This technology allows applications, such as chatbots, to understand and interpret data meaningfully, enabling them to retrieve relevant information effectively. By using Pinecone's services, chatbots can access the most pertinent context from a company's data, improving their ability to answer queries accurately. The company offers a scalable business model, starting with a free plan and allowing users to pay only for the resources they utilize. Pinecone's services are designed to be developer-friendly and easily scalable, making them accessible to a variety of clients, from small startups to large corporations. The goal of Pinecone is to simplify the process of building AI-powered applications by eliminating the need for businesses to manage infrastructure or troubleshoot algorithms.

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$134.2M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2019

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-11%

1 year growth

38%

2 year growth

286%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Pinecone's serverless offerings across major clouds capitalize on Generative AI investments.
  • Proprietary models simplify AI application development with integrated inference capabilities.
  • Partnerships enhance security and reliability of Retrieval-Augmented Generation AI applications.

What critics are saying

  • Competition from tech giants like Google threatens Pinecone's AI search market share.
  • OpenAI's acquisition of Rockset may overshadow Pinecone's vector database offerings.
  • Rapid AI advancements could render Pinecone's proprietary models less competitive.

What makes Pinecone unique

  • Pinecone offers a fully-managed vector database for AI applications, simplifying development.
  • Their cascading retrieval approach boosts AI accuracy by up to 48%.
  • Integration with third-party models enhances retrieval capabilities and streamlines AI development.

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