🚀 S3 Just Killed the Vector Database: How Amazon S3 Vectors Changes Everything for AI Data Storage 💾

What if I told you that you could run vector searches directly on S3 without spinning up a single database or compute cluster? For years, we’ve been stuck with a painful pipeline: extract data from S3, chunk it, generate embeddings, load everything into OpenSearch or Pinecone, and manage all that infrastructure. Amazon just changed the game with S3 Vectors – it’s S3 that can do vector math natively, no compute engine required. This means up to 90% cost savings and zero infrastructure management. Let me show you exactly how this works and why it might replace your vector database entirely. ...

August 10, 2025 · 7 min · 1458 words · Vesko Vujovic