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Oracle Database 26ai

Oracle Database 26ai embeds AI Vector Search and Generative AI directly into the converged database: bring AI to your data, not data to AI.

This is the next Long-Term Support (LTS) release, delivering over 300 new features and thousands of enhancements. The core capability is AI Vector Search, simplifying Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines by executing the entire process—vector generation, search, and LLM prompting—directly in SQL, eliminating complex external systems. Autonomous management features (self-optimizing queries, indexing) reduce database downtime by up to 60% (a critical metric). Security is hardened with the in-database SQL Firewall. The platform unifies relational, JSON, graph, and vector data in one secure, high-performance system for mission-critical workloads.