Graph Databases Are Exploding, Thanks To The AI Boom - Here's Why
ZDNet, Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Data-hungry AI applications are fed complex information, and that's where graph databases and knowledge graphs play a crucial role.
ZDNET's key takeaways
- The graph database market, driven by AI, is growing at a rate of almost 25% annually.
- Graph databases support knowledge graphs, providing visual guidance for AI development.
- There are multiple dedicated graph database vendors on the market.
Over the past decade, there has been endless churn in technologies shaping the databases behind the applications we run. The rise of NoSQL databases, document databases, and databases built on the web for the web has brought us greater choices.