Weaviate 1.30 Release: BlockMax WAND GA & API User Management

AI Impact Summary

Weaviate v1.30 introduces significant improvements to core functionality, most notably the general availability (GA) of BlockMax WAND for dramatically faster keyword searches and multi-vector embeddings, enabling production use cases. Furthermore, the release expands user management capabilities with API-based database user management, offering greater flexibility and reduced operational overhead compared to previous methods. These changes unlock enhanced search performance and simplified administration for Weaviate deployments.