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Neo4j Relate: Embed a Graph Database in Your AI Agent

Neo4j released Relate on November 11, an embedded, agent-native graph database written in Rust that runs inside the host process with no server and no runtime cost, installed via pip install relate-db and queried in Cypher. Neo4j says agents using Relate get persistent graph memory with sub-millisecond reads, and the software is Apache 2.0 licensed, with a hackathon running through December 11.

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Neo4j shipped Relate on November 11 — an embedded, agent-native graph database written in Rust that lives inside your process, requires no server, and costs nothing to run. Install it with pip install relate-db, query it in Cypher, and your agent gets persistent graph memory with sub-millisecond reads. It’s Apache 2.0, and there’s a hackathon running through December 11 if you want an excuse to build with it. The interesting part isn’t “Neo4j made something smaller.” It’s that the missing piece for serious agent memory — a database that understands relationships, not just rows — now fits in a pip […]

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