# Getting Started with GenAI Using CockroachDB

DevFeed: [Getting Started with GenAI Using CockroachDB](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/getting-started-with-genai-using-cockroachdb-23787.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://cockroachlabs.com/blog/genai-using-cockroachdb>)

Author: Amine El Kouhen, Ph.D.

Published: 2025-06-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Cockroach Labs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cockroach-labs.md>)

Topics: [CockroachDB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cockroachdb.md>), [Embeddings](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/embeddings.md>), [genai](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/genai.md>), [Generative AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/generative-ai.md>), [AI search](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-search.md>), [Data Management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-management.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [cockroachdb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cockroachdb.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-management.md>), [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [embeddings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/embeddings.md>), [genai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/genai.md>), [generative-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generative-ai.md>), [retrieval](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retrieval.md>), [vector-database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vector-database.md>)

## AI overview

This introductory article explains how generative AI relates to vector embeddings and vector databases, and previews how CockroachDB can support vector search, data consistency, search, classification, and recommendations.

## Source excerpt

Information today is generated and consumed in unprecedented magnitudes. With every click, swipe, and transaction, massive amounts of data are collected, waiting to be harnessed for insights, decision-making, and innovation. Today, more than 80% of the data that organizations generate is unstructured - and the amount of this data type will only grow in the coming decades.