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“cost savings of data storage, amounting to approximately 80% savings since using Pinecone”

As published on pinecone.io. Captured by usedby on Oct 8, 2026.

What happened

InpharmD uses Pinecone as the vector database behind its AI assistant Sherlock, storing embeddings of medical literature documents so relevant drug information can be retrieved quickly for clinicians' questions as part of a retrieval augmented generation workflow.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Pinecone and InpharmD, not ours.

  • 95 times faster“The response time to user inquiries has seen a remarkable 75% reduction, with the first response time now 95 times faster.”
  • 70%“The adoption of Pinecone has led to a significant 70% improvement in result accuracy, providing more precise and contextually relevant answers.”
  • 2 billion“Pinecone indexing and search for over 2 billion vectors simultaneously provides InpharmD with the necessary long-term memory to continue expanding and incorporating additional medical literature into their dataset.”

Pinecone serves as the core database infrastructure for Sherlock, playing a crucial role in storing and processing vector embeddings for the efficient retrieval of relevant medical information during clinical inquiries.

From the page. pinecone.io, captured Oct 8, 2026

Pinecone is integral to our data-driven operations. Its seamless scalability, rapid query results, and impressive low latency make it an indispensable asset in enhancing efficiency and productivity

Tulasee Rao Chintha, CTO, and Co-founder of InpharmD, InpharmD. Source, captured Oct 8, 2026

What the story claims, and what we checked

We compared the story with its live page on Oct 8, 2026.

  • The figure: 80%CheckedPrinted word for word on the page, near the name of InpharmD.
  • The passage quoted aboveCheckedCopied word for word from the page, near the name of InpharmD.
  • InpharmD uses PineconeCheckedConfirmed line. Latest check across sources: Oct 8, 2026.
  • The result itselfNot checkedWe quote it; we did not measure it.

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