As 2025 comes to a close, the team at NebulaGraph reflects on a transformative year filled with innovation, growth, and community-driven progress. We extend our deepest gratitude to our global community of developers, users, contributors, and everyone passionate about graph database technology. In 2025, we’ve pushed the boundaries of what graph databases can achieve—especially in the age of AI—and we’re excited to share a recap of our journey.

Foundation & Evolution: Strengthening the Core for Demanding Workloads

In 2025, our first commitment was to evolve our core database and cloud platform to meet the escalating demands of enterprise-scale applications, ensuring they are faster, more reliable, and more intelligent.

Cloud Democratization and Enterprise-Grade Trust

We believe powerful technology should be accessible. This core principle guided our cloud strategy throughout 2025. It began with the launch of the NebulaGraph Cloud Standard Tier with a 14-Day Free Trial, which lowered the barrier to entry and allowed more teams to experience a fully-managed graph database service.

Our commitment to building Enterprise-Grade Trust was underscored by our NebulaGraph Enterprise v5.2 release with expanded support for the Graph Query Language (GQL) standard which offers clients peace of mind by eliminating vendor lock-in. Our new native GQL procedures lower the barrier for graph algorithms and enable seamless transitions from experimentation to production. More importantly, they lay the groundwork for future integration with popular graph neural network (GNN) frameworks like PyTorch Geometric (PyG) and DGL.

This journey of innovation culminated in the release of the NebulaGraph Cloud Latest Version, designed to unleash AI-ready graph capabilities and advanced data visualization. This update empowers users to not just store connected data but to intuitively explore and derive actionable insights from it, further democratizing the power of graph intelligence for teams aiming to build next-generation AI applications.

The Enterprise Platform: Embedding Intelligence

For our enterprise users, 2025 was defined by two major releases that fused graph and vector capabilities:

• NebulaGraph Enterprise v5.1 made a pivotal leap by natively embedding vector search. This transformed the platform into a unified database for AI-grade data fusion, enabling developers to manage both relational and semantic data in one place. This enhancement significantly expands NebulaGraph Enterprise’s ability to handle unstructured data such as text, audio, and video—unlocking richer insights across domains like financial risk control and knowledge graph construction.

• NebulaGraph Enterprise v5.2 is built upon this foundation to power the next generation of AI applications. It natively supports full-text indexes, complementing its existing vector search capabilities. Now, developers can run graph traversals, semantic vector lookups, and keyword-based text searches—all within a single query and a single system. 

The Confluence: Where Graph Technology Meets Artificial Intelligence

In 2025, we advanced the thesis that graph databases are the essential structural layer for reliable, contextual, and explainable AI.

Architecting the Future: Open Source and Innovation

We championed open collaboration as the engine of innovation. The open-source release of the NebulaGraph MCP Server provided a critical bridge, allowing developers to explore infinite possibilities for integrating graph databases with diverse AI agents and applications. Our foundational article, "Why Graph Databases Like NebulaGraph Are Essential for the Next Generation of AI and LLMs," laid out the compelling architectural reasoning for this convergence.

From Theory to Practice: The GraphRAG Revolution

The concept of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) evolved significantly with graph technology. We introduced Fusion GraphRAG, positioning it as the next evolution in enterprise knowledge intelligence. This was complemented by domain-specific breakthroughs like BioGraphRAG for Biomedical Knowledge Graph Retrieval Augmented Generation, demonstrating how graphs bring precision to LLMs in critical fields. Our two-part series, "When AI Meets Graph Databases: Innovating with Multimodal Data Fusion," provided a comprehensive guide to the architectures and benefits of this powerful combination.

Impact Amplified: Graph-Powered Solutions Across the Globe

The true measure of technology is its real-world impact. In 2025, organizations across industries used NebulaGraph to solve mission-critical challenges, delivering exceptional business value.

These stories, along with explorations into scaling connections to solve modern data complexity and the power of real-world graph algorithms, show that graph technology is becoming a competitive imperative.

Recognition and Forward Momentum

Our community's efforts garnered significant global recognition in 2025. A milestone that filled us with immense pride was NebulaGraph being ranked #2 globally among graph databases. This achievement is a direct reflection of the trust placed in us by our users and the vibrant activity of our community. It reinforces our mission to build world-class graph technology.

Looking to 2026: The Intelligent Connected Future

As we stand on the threshold of 2026, the trajectory is clear. The fusion of Graph + AI + Real-Time Processing will become the standard stack for building intelligent applications. We envision a future where graph intelligence moves beyond databases to become a pervasive, actionable layer across all data systems.

NebulaGraph is committed to leading this charge. We will continue to innovate at the intersection of these technologies, focusing on:

• Unmatched Scalability and Performance: Continuing our leadership in this area by introducing innovative new designs, efficiency improvements, and workload specific query support.

• Seamless Multimodal Fusion: Further blurring the lines between structured, unstructured, and semantic data.

• Real-Time Graph Intelligence: Powering instantaneous decision-making in dynamic systems.

• Democratized Development: Making graph and AI capabilities more accessible to developers everywhere.

Building the Connected World, Together

2025 has been a defining year. From strengthening our core and pioneering the GraphRAG revolution to witnessing our technology drive tangible global impact, every step was a collective achievement. The journey of a graph is about connections, and our greatest connection is with you—our community and users.

Thank you for being an integral part of this story. Your curiosity, challenges, and innovations inspire us daily. Let's continue to explore, build, and shape a more intelligent and connected future together.

Here's to a brilliant and groundbreaking 2026!

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