There is a need for purpose-built edge vector database solutions that can operate without cloud dependency, particularly for industries like healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and military systems that require on-premises data handling.
The entire market is optimized for cloud. Every major vendor, every benchmark, every comparison post. Cloud native, managed, usage-based. But there's a massive category of workloads that cloud databases fundamentally cannot serve. Healthcare systems that can't move patient data off-premises. Autonomous vehicles that need sub-10ms decisions without a network connection. Manufacturing facilities on factory floors with intermittent connectivity. Military systems in air-gapped environments. The edge computing market was worth $168B in 2025. IoT devices are projected to hit 39 billion by 2030. The demand is real. But in 2026, purpose-built edge vector database solutions are almost nowhere to be found. ObjectBox is one of the very few exceptions. Everyone else is still building for the cloud and leaving this entire category unaddressed. Is anyone else building in this space or running into this problem?