Industry
HydraDB for
Insurance AI
Insurance relationships span decades, but standard AI agents forget policy changes the moment a session ends. HydraDB gives your claims copilots and underwriting agents persistent, audit-grade memory across policy documents, historical claims, and customer communications. Stop building brittle custom ETL pipelines to feed vector databases, and give your agents the infrastructure to track evolving coverage, map complex fraud relationships, and retrieve deterministic decision traces required by regulators.
90%
Recall accuracy on LongMemEval
<200ms
Context retrieval latency
1B+
Documents ingested
40%
Reduction in repeat contacts
// The Problem //
Why insurance AI keeps failing
Most engineering teams building AI for claims and underwriting rely on standard vector databases or massive context windows. In highly regulated environments, this results in agents that hallucinate coverage dates, miss multi-level fraud signals, and generate unexplainable decisions.

Flattened policy timelines
Standard vector databases flatten time. When an agent searches for a policyholder's coverage limits, it retrieves outdated endorsements from three years ago mixed with current active policies. Without temporal awareness, the AI cannot confidently determine what was true on the date of loss.

Flattened policy timelines
Standard vector databases flatten time. When an agent searches for a policyholder's coverage limits, it retrieves outdated endorsements from three years ago mixed with current active policies. Without temporal awareness, the AI cannot confidently determine what was true on the date of loss.

Flattened policy timelines
Standard vector databases flatten time. When an agent searches for a policyholder's coverage limits, it retrieves outdated endorsements from three years ago mixed with current active policies. Without temporal awareness, the AI cannot confidently determine what was true on the date of loss.

Black-box decision traces
Regulators demand auditability for underwriting and claims decisions. Relying on an LLM to synthesize raw text chunks from a vector store creates a "black box" where the exact source and lineage of a decision are lost, failing compliance requirements.

Black-box decision traces
Regulators demand auditability for underwriting and claims decisions. Relying on an LLM to synthesize raw text chunks from a vector store creates a "black box" where the exact source and lineage of a decision are lost, failing compliance requirements.

Fragmented claimant relationships
Fraud detection requires mapping relationships across siloed data. Because traditional RAG treats data as isolated text chunks, agents fail to connect a new claimant to a previously flagged property, missing critical second- and third-degree network connections.

Fragmented claimant relationships
Fraud detection requires mapping relationships across siloed data. Because traditional RAG treats data as isolated text chunks, agents fail to connect a new claimant to a previously flagged property, missing critical second- and third-degree network connections.

Context window limits
Stuffing a 150-page commercial policy, five years of claim history, and regulatory statutes into an LLM's context window is expensive and unreliable. It rapidly hits token limits and causes "lost in the middle" behavior where critical exclusions are entirely ignored.

Context window limits
Stuffing a 150-page commercial policy, five years of claim history, and regulatory statutes into an LLM's context window is expensive and unreliable. It rapidly hits token limits and causes "lost in the middle" behavior where critical exclusions are entirely ignored.
// See It In Action //
An agent that actually remembers
Once your policy and claims data is ingested and structured by HydraDB, it assembles the full historical context before your LLM responds. It pulls precisely the right policy state, entity relationships, and temporal facts without token-heavy prompt stuffing.
Live support session — HydraDB context active
Retrieval : 94ms
SJ
Did the policyholder have active flood coverage when the storm hit on May 12, and has this property been flagged for suspicious claims before?
Claims adjuster
Insurance claim review
Date of loss: May 12
HydraDB recalled:
Fact: Flood endorsement added to Policy #8821 on April 15
Temporal State: Active coverage confirmed for May 12 (Policy effective: Jan 1 - Dec 31)
Relationship: Property (123 Oak St) → Previously flagged for → Water damage claim (Claim #449, 2021)
Document: Guidewire claim record updated May 14 (Status: Pending Review)
AI
Yes, the policyholder had active flood coverage on May 12. The flood endorsement was added on April 15, within the policy's effective period (Jan 1 - Dec 31). However, the property at 123 Oak St was previously flagged for a water damage claim in 2021 (Claim #449). The Guidewire record shows status 'Pending Review' as of May 14. I have attached the lineage for this decision. Recommend proceeding with manual underwriter review.
// How Hydra Helps //
Context Infrastructure for Insurance AI
HydraDB replaces fragmented vector search and custom memory logic with a single graph-native context layer designed for the strict requirements of insurtech engineering teams building claims agents and underwriting copilots.

Persistent memory
HydraDB stores the full lifecycle of a policyholder as structured memory. Every claim document, customer email, and policy endorsement you ingest is processed and indexed, giving your AI continuous, cross-session memory of the customer's history.

Persistent memory
HydraDB stores the full lifecycle of a policyholder as structured memory. Every claim document, customer email, and policy endorsement you ingest is processed and indexed, giving your AI continuous, cross-session memory of the customer's history.

Persistent memory
HydraDB stores the full lifecycle of a policyholder as structured memory. Every claim document, customer email, and policy endorsement you ingest is processed and indexed, giving your AI continuous, cross-session memory of the customer's history.

Relationship-aware retrieval
HydraDB models complex insurance entities natively through its context graph. It can link a new claim record to an older suspicious address, connecting people, properties, vehicles, and historical decisions into a single retrievable graph for deep case analysis.

Relationship-aware retrieval
HydraDB models complex insurance entities natively through its context graph. It can link a new claim record to an older suspicious address, connecting people, properties, vehicles, and historical decisions into a single retrievable graph for deep case analysis.

Temporal context
HydraDB tracks how customer requirements and coverage limits evolve over time. Knowledge is stored as a Git-style versioned graph. Your agent can query what coverage was active on the exact date of loss versus what is active today, tracking state changes with 90.97% temporal reasoning accuracy.

Temporal context
HydraDB tracks how customer requirements and coverage limits evolve over time. Knowledge is stored as a Git-style versioned graph. Your agent can query what coverage was active on the exact date of loss versus what is active today, tracking state changes with 90.97% temporal reasoning accuracy.

Connector-native ingestion
HydraDB ingests structured records from core insurance systems. Map your extracted data from Guidewire, Duck Creek, Salesforce Financial Services Cloud, SharePoint, and Amazon S3 into HydraDB's format, and the system resolves entities, links related records, and extracts critical facts at ingestion time.

Connector-native ingestion
HydraDB ingests structured records from core insurance systems. Map your extracted data from Guidewire, Duck Creek, Salesforce Financial Services Cloud, SharePoint, and Amazon S3 into HydraDB's format, and the system resolves entities, links related records, and extracts critical facts at ingestion time.
// Get Started //
Three steps to production-ready memory
HydraDB works with any LLM or AI framework. Replace custom ETL pipelines and prompt stuffing with precise, structured context retrieval by mapping records from your core systems into HydraDB.
1
Connect your Guidewire and S3 sources
Use your core system APIs or scheduled batch exports to retrieve the policy documents, claim records, and customer communications you want HydraDB to remember.
import os from hydra_db import HydraDB client = HydraDB(token=os.environ.get("HYDRA_KEY")) # Retrieve a claim record and a policy document using # your existing system APIs or S3 buckets claim_record = guidewire_client.get_claim(claim_id="CLM-449") policy_doc = s3_client.get_object(bucket="policies", key="POL-8821.pdf")
import os from hydra_db import HydraDB client = HydraDB(token=os.environ.get("HYDRA_KEY")) # Retrieve a claim record and a policy document using # your existing system APIs or S3 buckets claim_record = guidewire_client.get_claim(claim_id="CLM-449") policy_doc = s3_client.get_object(bucket="policies", key="POL-8821.pdf")
import os from hydra_db import HydraDB client = HydraDB(token=os.environ.get("HYDRA_KEY")) # Retrieve a claim record and a policy document using # your existing system APIs or S3 buckets claim_record = guidewire_client.get_claim(claim_id="CLM-449") policy_doc = s3_client.get_object(bucket="policies", key="POL-8821.pdf")
1
Connect your Guidewire and S3 sources
Use your core system APIs or scheduled batch exports to retrieve the policy documents, claim records, and customer communications you want HydraDB to remember.
import os from hydra_db import HydraDB client = HydraDB(token=os.environ.get("HYDRA_KEY")) # Retrieve a claim record and a policy document using # your existing system APIs or S3 buckets claim_record = guidewire_client.get_claim(claim_id="CLM-449") policy_doc = s3_client.get_object(bucket="policies", key="POL-8821.pdf")
1
Connect your Guidewire and S3 sources
Use your core system APIs or scheduled batch exports to retrieve the policy documents, claim records, and customer communications you want HydraDB to remember.
import os from hydra_db import HydraDB client = HydraDB(token=os.environ.get("HYDRA_KEY")) # Retrieve a claim record and a policy document using # your existing system APIs or S3 buckets claim_record = guidewire_client.get_claim(claim_id="CLM-449") policy_doc = s3_client.get_object(bucket="policies", key="POL-8821.pdf")
2
Ingest and structure policy context
Structure each record using HydraDB's typed fields so the platform can resolve entities, map relationships, and apply temporal boundaries at ingestion time.
import json # Ingest the claim record and policy data. HydraDB resolves # entities (like the property address) and links them at indexing time client.context.ingest( type="knowledge", tenant_id="national_ins", sub_tenant_id="acct_smith_j", app_knowledge=json.dumps([ { "id": "claim_449", "tenant_id": "national_ins", "sub_tenant_id": "acct_smith_j", "title": "Water Damage Claim - 123 Oak St", "type": "guidewire", "content": {"text": f"Status: {claim_record.status}, Notes: {claim_record.notes}"}, "metadata": {"propertyAddress": "123 Oak St", "flagged": True} }, { "id": "policy_8821_endorsement", "tenant_id": "national_ins", "sub_tenant_id": "acct_smith_j", "title": "Flood Endorsement", "type": "policy_document", "content": {"text": "Flood coverage added. Limit: $150,000."}, "metadata": {"effectiveDate": "2023-04-15", "expirationDate": "2023-12-31"} } ]) )
import json # Ingest the claim record and policy data. HydraDB resolves # entities (like the property address) and links them at indexing time client.context.ingest( type="knowledge", tenant_id="national_ins", sub_tenant_id="acct_smith_j", app_knowledge=json.dumps([ { "id": "claim_449", "tenant_id": "national_ins", "sub_tenant_id": "acct_smith_j", "title": "Water Damage Claim - 123 Oak St", "type": "guidewire", "content": {"text": f"Status: {claim_record.status}, Notes: {claim_record.notes}"}, "metadata": {"propertyAddress": "123 Oak St", "flagged": True} }, { "id": "policy_8821_endorsement", "tenant_id": "national_ins", "sub_tenant_id": "acct_smith_j", "title": "Flood Endorsement", "type": "policy_document", "content": {"text": "Flood coverage added. Limit: $150,000."}, "metadata": {"effectiveDate": "2023-04-15", "expirationDate": "2023-12-31"} } ]) )
import json # Ingest the claim record and policy data. HydraDB resolves # entities (like the property address) and links them at indexing time client.context.ingest( type="knowledge", tenant_id="national_ins", sub_tenant_id="acct_smith_j", app_knowledge=json.dumps([ { "id": "claim_449", "tenant_id": "national_ins", "sub_tenant_id": "acct_smith_j", "title": "Water Damage Claim - 123 Oak St", "type": "guidewire", "content": {"text": f"Status: {claim_record.status}, Notes: {claim_record.notes}"}, "metadata": {"propertyAddress": "123 Oak St", "flagged": True} }, { "id": "policy_8821_endorsement", "tenant_id": "national_ins", "sub_tenant_id": "acct_smith_j", "title": "Flood Endorsement", "type": "policy_document", "content": {"text": "Flood coverage added. Limit: $150,000."}, "metadata": {"effectiveDate": "2023-04-15", "expirationDate": "2023-12-31"} } ]) )
2
Ingest and structure policy context
Structure each record using HydraDB's typed fields so the platform can resolve entities, map relationships, and apply temporal boundaries at ingestion time.
import json # Ingest the claim record and policy data. HydraDB resolves # entities (like the property address) and links them at indexing time client.context.ingest( type="knowledge", tenant_id="national_ins", sub_tenant_id="acct_smith_j", app_knowledge=json.dumps([ { "id": "claim_449", "tenant_id": "national_ins", "sub_tenant_id": "acct_smith_j", "title": "Water Damage Claim - 123 Oak St", "type": "guidewire", "content": {"text": f"Status: {claim_record.status}, Notes: {claim_record.notes}"}, "metadata": {"propertyAddress": "123 Oak St", "flagged": True} }, { "id": "policy_8821_endorsement", "tenant_id": "national_ins", "sub_tenant_id": "acct_smith_j", "title": "Flood Endorsement", "type": "policy_document", "content": {"text": "Flood coverage added. Limit: $150,000."}, "metadata": {"effectiveDate": "2023-04-15", "expirationDate": "2023-12-31"} } ]) )
2
Ingest and structure policy context
Structure each record using HydraDB's typed fields so the platform can resolve entities, map relationships, and apply temporal boundaries at ingestion time.
import json # Ingest the claim record and policy data. HydraDB resolves # entities (like the property address) and links them at indexing time client.context.ingest( type="knowledge", tenant_id="national_ins", sub_tenant_id="acct_smith_j", app_knowledge=json.dumps([ { "id": "claim_449", "tenant_id": "national_ins", "sub_tenant_id": "acct_smith_j", "title": "Water Damage Claim - 123 Oak St", "type": "guidewire", "content": {"text": f"Status: {claim_record.status}, Notes: {claim_record.notes}"}, "metadata": {"propertyAddress": "123 Oak St", "flagged": True} }, { "id": "policy_8821_endorsement", "tenant_id": "national_ins", "sub_tenant_id": "acct_smith_j", "title": "Flood Endorsement", "type": "policy_document", "content": {"text": "Flood coverage added. Limit: $150,000."}, "metadata": {"effectiveDate": "2023-04-15", "expirationDate": "2023-12-31"} } ]) )
3
Retrieve full context at inference time
Before your agent answers a claims query or makes an underwriting recommendation, query HydraDB for precise, time-aware history and entity relationships.
# Retrieve structured policy history and fraud signals before LLM generation result = client.query( tenant_id="national_ins", sub_tenant_id="acct_smith_j", query="Was flood coverage active on May 12, and are there prior claims for this property?", type="knowledge", mode="thinking", query_apps=True ) # Pass the exact, auditable context to your LLM response = llm.chat( system=build_compliance_prompt(result.data), user="Draft an initial review summary for the adjuster." )
# Retrieve structured policy history and fraud signals before LLM generation result = client.query( tenant_id="national_ins", sub_tenant_id="acct_smith_j", query="Was flood coverage active on May 12, and are there prior claims for this property?", type="knowledge", mode="thinking", query_apps=True ) # Pass the exact, auditable context to your LLM response = llm.chat( system=build_compliance_prompt(result.data), user="Draft an initial review summary for the adjuster." )
# Retrieve structured policy history and fraud signals before LLM generation result = client.query( tenant_id="national_ins", sub_tenant_id="acct_smith_j", query="Was flood coverage active on May 12, and are there prior claims for this property?", type="knowledge", mode="thinking", query_apps=True ) # Pass the exact, auditable context to your LLM response = llm.chat( system=build_compliance_prompt(result.data), user="Draft an initial review summary for the adjuster." )
3
Retrieve full context at inference time
Before your agent answers a claims query or makes an underwriting recommendation, query HydraDB for precise, time-aware history and entity relationships.
# Retrieve structured policy history and fraud signals before LLM generation result = client.query( tenant_id="national_ins", sub_tenant_id="acct_smith_j", query="Was flood coverage active on May 12, and are there prior claims for this property?", type="knowledge", mode="thinking", query_apps=True ) # Pass the exact, auditable context to your LLM response = llm.chat( system=build_compliance_prompt(result.data), user="Draft an initial review summary for the adjuster." )
3
Retrieve full context at inference time
Before your agent answers a claims query or makes an underwriting recommendation, query HydraDB for precise, time-aware history and entity relationships.
# Retrieve structured policy history and fraud signals before LLM generation result = client.query( tenant_id="national_ins", sub_tenant_id="acct_smith_j", query="Was flood coverage active on May 12, and are there prior claims for this property?", type="knowledge", mode="thinking", query_apps=True ) # Pass the exact, auditable context to your LLM response = llm.chat( system=build_compliance_prompt(result.data), user="Draft an initial review summary for the adjuster." )
// Why HydraDB //
HydraDB vs. Standard Vector Search for Insurance
HydraDB replaces fragmented vector search and custom memory logic with a single graph-native context layer designed for insurance AI workflows.
Features
HydraDB
Standard Vector Search
Cross-session memory
Stores persistent policyholder history across multi-year lifecycles
Treats every query as an isolated lookup with no historical continuity
Relationship-aware retrieval
Connects claimants, properties, and past cases in a traversable graph
Retrieves isolated text chunks based purely on semantic similarity
Temporal context
Tracks evolving coverage limits and policy dates via a versioned graph
Flattens time, often surfacing outdated exclusions as current truth
Auditability & Lineage
Provides deterministic decision traces linking AI outputs to specific facts
Black-box retrieval makes it difficult to prove why a chunk was selected
Integration method
Structured records mapped to a typed format from core systems
Requires custom chunking, ETL pipelines, and manual entity resolution
Best fit
Claims agents, underwriting copilots, and compliance workflows
Semantic search over static employee handbooks and generic FAQs
Features
Cross-session memory
Relationship-aware retrieval
Temporal context
Auditability & Lineage
Integration method
Best fit
HydraDB
Stores persistent policyholder history across multi-year lifecycles
Connects claimants, properties, and past cases in a traversable graph
Tracks evolving coverage limits and policy dates via a versioned graph
Provides deterministic decision traces linking AI outputs to specific facts
Structured records mapped to a typed format from core systems
Claims agents, underwriting copilots, and compliance workflows
Standard Vector Search
Treats every query as an isolated lookup with no historical continuity
Retrieves isolated text chunks based purely on semantic similarity
Flattens time, often surfacing outdated exclusions as current truth
Black-box retrieval makes it difficult to prove why a chunk was selected
Requires custom chunking, ETL pipelines, and manual entity resolution
Semantic search over static employee handbooks and generic FAQs
// What Teams Are Saying //
Trusted by teams building insurance AI
We needed to audit our AI systems for regulatory compliance. Standard vector search couldn't give us the lineage we needed. HydraDB's graph-native memory allows us to rapidly capture time-aware history and generate ad-hoc compliance reporting, proving exactly which policy clause drove the agent's output.
Sarah Jenkins
Head of AI Engineering, Enterprise Insurtech
Our claims agents were hallucinating because they couldn't distinguish between a policyholder's old address and their new one. HydraDB fixed the 'destructive update problem' for us overnight. It tracks the evolving state of a customer perfectly.
Marcus Thorne
CTO, Digital First Insurance
Don’t see your use case?
HydraDB is general-purpose graph-native memory infrastructure. If your AI needs persistent, structured context, it can probably help — talk to us.
Don’t see your use case?
HydraDB is general-purpose graph-native memory infrastructure. If your AI needs persistent, structured context, it can probably help — talk to us.
Frequently Asked questions
What is HydraDB? How is it different from other graph databases?
HydraDB is an object-store-native distributed graph database built in Rust, designed to serve as the context layer for AI systems. Unlike traditional graph databases, where storage is tied more closely to database servers or dedicated cluster volumes, HydraDB makes object storage itself the source of truth. This lets query nodes and indexers scale, restart, or be replaced independently without moving or replicating the graph. It also supports snapshot-consistent OpenCypher, GraphBLAS-accelerated traversal, Neo4j-compatible Bolt, and HTTP APIs.
Why use a graph database like HydraDB for AI agents?
A graph database like HydraDB gives AI agents something vector search alone cannot: relationships and state. Instead of retrieving isolated chunks that merely look similar to a query, an agent can follow explicit connections between people, projects, events, policies, documents, and past actions to understand how the current situation fits together.
When should I use HydraDB instead of a vector database?
Use a vector database when your main problem is semantic search over mostly static content: finding documents, chunks, tickets, or products that are similar to a query. Use HydraDB when your AI agent needs to understand how information connects and changes over time. If the agent needs to answer questions like who owns this project, what is blocking it, which policy applies to this customer, or what changed since the last session, similarity search alone is not enough. HydraDB lets the agent traverse entities and relationships and work with structured state instead of only retrieving nearby embeddings.
Does HydraDB work with GraphRAG?
Yes. HydraDB can be used as the graph database behind a GraphRAG system. GraphRAG is a retrieval approach rather than a specific database: it builds or uses a knowledge graph, then retrieves context by traversing relationships instead of relying only on vector similarity. Microsoft’s GraphRAG architecture is explicitly designed around a storage-agnostic knowledge model and allows custom storage and workflow implementations.
How does HydraDB improve retrieval for AI agents?
HydraDB improves retrieval by combining vector search with graph traversal, exact-match search, and temporal context. Instead of returning isolated similar chunks, it reconstructs the relationships, dependencies, and latest valid state around a query, which gives AI agents a smaller, more relevant set of evidence to reason over.
Can I use HydraDB with my existing AI stack?
Yes. HydraDB plugs into your existing AI stack through Neo4j-compatible Bolt and HTTP APIs. Keep your current models, agents, and retrieval pipeline, and add HydraDB as the graph layer for connected, stateful context.
How does HydraDB use context graphs for AI agents?
HydraDB turns fragmented agent memory into a connected context graph. This lets agents retrieve not only the relevant fact, but also how that fact relates to other entities, where it came from, and what the current state is, which gives multiple agents and workflows a consistent view of the same domain.
What AI use cases is HydraDB best suited for?
HydraDB is best for AI agents that need persistent, connected context such as support agents, coding agents, research agents, GraphRAG systems, and enterprise copilots. It is especially useful when the agent needs to remember history, follow relationships, and understand how state changes over time.
Don’t see your use case?
HydraDB is general-purpose graph-native memory infrastructure. If your AI needs persistent, structured context, it can probably help — talk to us.
Frequently Asked questions
What is AI agent memory for insurance?
AI agent memory gives claims, underwriting, and insurance agents persistent context across the policyholder lifecycle. Instead of treating every claim or underwriting request independently, the agent can remember policy changes, previous claims, endorsements, customer communications, decisions, and other relevant events across months or years.
Why isn't standard vector search enough for insurance AI?
Vector search retrieves information primarily based on semantic similarity. But insurance questions often depend on relationships and time: which coverage was active on the date of loss, whether an endorsement had already taken effect, whether a property appeared in a previous claim, and how different claimants, vehicles, properties, and policies are connected. HydraDB connects these facts in a graph so agents can retrieve the relevant policy state, relationships, and historical context rather than only similar text chunks.
How does HydraDB help agents understand policy history?
HydraDB maintains persistent memory across policy documents, endorsements, claims, customer communications, and other insurance records. Instead of treating the latest record as the entire truth, agents can retrieve the history of how coverage, limits, requirements, and claims evolved over time.
How does HydraDB handle coverage that changes over time?
HydraDB uses a versioned temporal graph to preserve how policies and coverage change over time. For example, a flood endorsement may be added after the original policy was issued and changed again later. HydraDB allows an agent to determine which coverage was active on a specific date, such as the date of loss, while still preserving previous and current policy states.
Can HydraDB help insurance agents identify relationships across claims?
Yes. HydraDB uses relationship-aware retrieval to connect policyholders, claimants, properties, vehicles, policies, previous claims, and other entities in a knowledge graph. This is particularly useful when important context spans multiple records. For example, an agent can identify that a property associated with a new claim was also connected to a previously flagged claim, even when those records are stored separately.
Can HydraDB provide traceable context for insurance decisions?
Yes. HydraDB can preserve the lineage between retrieved facts and the records they came from, giving agents structured context with supporting evidence. This makes it easier for claims, underwriting, and compliance workflows to understand which policy records, claims, endorsements, or other facts contributed to the context provided to the AI rather than relying on opaque text retrieval.
What insurance data can I bring into HydraDB?
You can bring policy documents, endorsements, historical claims, customer communications, underwriting records, property and vehicle information, internal documentation, and other structured or unstructured insurance data into HydraDB. HydraDB can then resolve entities, connect related records, preserve historical state, and organize this information into persistent context for claims and underwriting agents.
Why is HydraDB a strong choice for building insurance AI?
Insurance is inherently temporal and relational. The right decision often depends on what coverage was active at a specific point in time, how a policy changed, what happened in previous claims, and how policyholders, properties, vehicles, claims, and historical decisions are connected. HydraDB is built for this kind of long-lived context. Its temporal graph preserves changing policy state, while fast graph traversal retrieves connected claims and policy context without stuffing years of documents into the prompt. Its architecture also makes large, growing policyholder histories more affordable to retain while keeping frequently accessed context fast.
How can we bring insurance data into HydraDB?
HydraDB connectors and ingestion APIs let you bring data from your existing systems into HydraDB. Records from core insurance platforms such as Guidewire, Duck Creek, Salesforce Financial Services Cloud, SharePoint, Amazon S3, and other systems can be retrieved through existing APIs or scheduled exports and mapped into HydraDB. HydraDB can then resolve entities, link related policies and claims, extract important facts, and preserve temporal context for your AI agents. Learn more about HydraDB connectors.
Don’t see your use case?
HydraDB is general-purpose graph-native memory infrastructure. If your AI needs persistent, structured context, it can probably help — talk to us.
Frequently Asked questions
What is HydraDB? How is it different from other graph databases?
HydraDB is an object-store-native distributed graph database built in Rust, designed to serve as the context layer for AI systems. Unlike traditional graph databases, where storage is tied more closely to database servers or dedicated cluster volumes, HydraDB makes object storage itself the source of truth. This lets query nodes and indexers scale, restart, or be replaced independently without moving or replicating the graph. It also supports snapshot-consistent OpenCypher, GraphBLAS-accelerated traversal, Neo4j-compatible Bolt, and HTTP APIs.
Why use a graph database like HydraDB for AI agents?
A graph database like HydraDB gives AI agents something vector search alone cannot: relationships and state. Instead of retrieving isolated chunks that merely look similar to a query, an agent can follow explicit connections between people, projects, events, policies, documents, and past actions to understand how the current situation fits together.
When should I use HydraDB instead of a vector database?
Use a vector database when your main problem is semantic search over mostly static content: finding documents, chunks, tickets, or products that are similar to a query. Use HydraDB when your AI agent needs to understand how information connects and changes over time. If the agent needs to answer questions like who owns this project, what is blocking it, which policy applies to this customer, or what changed since the last session, similarity search alone is not enough. HydraDB lets the agent traverse entities and relationships and work with structured state instead of only retrieving nearby embeddings.
Does HydraDB work with GraphRAG?
Yes. HydraDB can be used as the graph database behind a GraphRAG system. GraphRAG is a retrieval approach rather than a specific database: it builds or uses a knowledge graph, then retrieves context by traversing relationships instead of relying only on vector similarity. Microsoft’s GraphRAG architecture is explicitly designed around a storage-agnostic knowledge model and allows custom storage and workflow implementations.
How does HydraDB improve retrieval for AI agents?
HydraDB improves retrieval by combining vector search with graph traversal, exact-match search, and temporal context. Instead of returning isolated similar chunks, it reconstructs the relationships, dependencies, and latest valid state around a query, which gives AI agents a smaller, more relevant set of evidence to reason over.
Can I use HydraDB with my existing AI stack?
Yes. HydraDB plugs into your existing AI stack through Neo4j-compatible Bolt and HTTP APIs. Keep your current models, agents, and retrieval pipeline, and add HydraDB as the graph layer for connected, stateful context.
How does HydraDB use context graphs for AI agents?
HydraDB turns fragmented agent memory into a connected context graph. This lets agents retrieve not only the relevant fact, but also how that fact relates to other entities, where it came from, and what the current state is, which gives multiple agents and workflows a consistent view of the same domain.
What AI use cases is HydraDB best suited for?
HydraDB is best for AI agents that need persistent, connected context such as support agents, coding agents, research agents, GraphRAG systems, and enterprise copilots. It is especially useful when the agent needs to remember history, follow relationships, and understand how state changes over time.
Don’t see your use case?
HydraDB is general-purpose graph-native memory infrastructure. If your AI needs persistent, structured context, it can probably help — talk to us.


