DataStax AI PaaS Is Now Enhanced with State-of-the-Art Retrieval Embedding with NVIDIA NeMo Retriever Integration

DataStax has integrated NVIDIA's NeMo Retriever NIM inference microservices into its DataStax Astra DB, a hybrid NoSQL and vector database solution powered by Apache Cassandra®. This integration enhances search capabilities, improves efficiency with accuracy, and supports natural language queries for modern generative AI applications. The latest NVIDIA NeMo Retriever NIM comes pre-installed as the default embedding service in Astra DB, simplifying embedding configuration and generation. Additionally, DataStax hosts the NeMo Retriever microservice within the Astra infrastructure and makes it available to AWS free-tier users. The integration of NVIDIA's NeMo Guardrails ensures safety while maintaining fast RAG applications.