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Alibaba Cloud PolarDB AI Lakehouse (Lakebase)

Database AI lakehouse with in-DB vector retrieval, graph compute, and inference

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What it is

Database AI lakehouse with in-DB vector retrieval, graph compute, and inference

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  • Database New Features in February 2026. PolarDB launched Managed Mem0 for AI long-term memory, integrating open-source Mem0 framework directly as a managed service to address LLM context window limits and enable dynamic user profiling. Per www.alibabacloud.com (2026-03-29).
  • Alibaba Cloud Upgrades Flagship Database PolarDB with AI-Ready Capabilities. Official Alibaba Cloud blog confirming AI Lakebase architecture, multimodal engine integration, in-database AI (Model-as-an-Operator), and Dr. Feifei Li statement on AI-native databases as inevitable evolution. Per www.alibabacloud.com (2026-02-03).
  • Alibaba Cloud lifts prices, blames AI and hardware costs. Alibaba Cloud increasing prices for many services by up to 34%. GPU-powered instances rise 25-34%. Even PolarDB (Alibaba's own software) affected. Price adjustments effective April 18, 2026; existing contracts unaffected until renewal. Per www.theregister.com (2026-03-18).

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