# PhoenixAI launches Contextbase to store AI agent context in its database > Source: > Published: 2026-11-04 17:56:15+00:00 # PhoenixAI launches Contextbase to store AI agent context in its database **Co-founder James Li is folding semantics, knowledge, memory, traces and evaluations into PhoenixAI's database, with Contextbase in private preview and ObserveStack as its first application.** By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket) · Published Primary source: [PR Newswire Business Technology](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/phoenixai-launches-contextbase-the-context-infrastructure-for-ai-agents-302929251.html) ## Why it matters Agents fail in production when metric definitions, documents, memory and evaluation history live under different permissions and update cycles. Contextbase tests whether the database that serves live data should also govern everything an agent needs to remember and prove. James Li, co-founder and CEO of PhoenixAI, launched [Contextbase](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/phoenixai-launches-contextbase-the-context-infrastructure-for-ai-agents-302929251.html?ref=runtimewire) on November 4th, 2026, putting business definitions, knowledge, agent memory, run traces and evaluations into one governed system built into the PhoenixAI database. PhoenixAI unveiled the product at NEXT QUERY 2026, its Data + AI Infrastructure Summit.… When you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.