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  "name": "Azure AI Search",
  "description": "Azure AI Search is a managed information retrieval platform that utilizes AI to identify and explore relevant content at scale. It provides developers with APIs and tools for building rich search experiences over private, heterogeneous content in web, mobile, and enterprise applications. It is a core component of Microsoft's AI infrastructure, specifically for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns.",
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      "slug": "amazon-kendra",
      "name": "Amazon Kendra"
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  "updatedAt": "2026-04-09T22:49:55.988+00:00",
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    "founded": "2014",
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    "target_markets": "Enterprise IT, Software Developers, Data Architects, Fortune 500 companies",
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    "funding_stage": "Not publicly available",
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}