Weaviate: gRPC API Improves Data Ingestion & Query Performance

AI Impact Summary

Weaviate is introducing a gRPC API to significantly improve performance, particularly for data ingestion and query throughput. The new API leverages HTTP/2 and Protocol Buffers, resulting in smaller, faster payloads compared to the existing REST + GraphQL approach. Specifically, data ingestion times are reduced by up to 50% for datasets like DBPedia, and query throughput increases by over 2.6x, allowing Weaviate to serve more queries per second. This change represents a substantial upgrade for users handling large datasets and demanding real-time applications.