so what happened to all these bad boys
Susan Zhang@suchenzang
oh my god why are there so many vector stores
8:25 PM · Jun 28, 2026 · 6.1K Views
Google DeepMind's Susan Zhang questions vector database survival as rising RAM prices force hardware tradeoffs
High memory costs make fully in-memory embedding datasets impractical
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Some users praised Spanner as the superior choice amid the surge and fade of vector stores in AI infrastructure.
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Aditya Kusupati@adityakusupati
@suchenzang RAM got expensive.
Susan Zhang@suchenzang
so what happened to all these bad boys
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Vatsa Pandey@_vatsadev
@suchenzang consolidation lol, but vector stores are still a lil useful, though 99% are just bad
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steve@gpusteve
@suchenzang spanner ftw
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