As more companies move beyond experimenting with AI and start deploying intelligent agents in real-world environments, one challenge keeps surfacing: control. From data governance and security to performance and reliability, enterprises need AI systems they can trust especially when these tools are already making decisions that affect operations, customers, and revenue.
This is where Couchbase AI Services comes in. Now generally available, the new offering positions Couchbase as a single, AI-native database platform that allows enterprises to build, deploy, and govern agentic AI applications without the complexity that often stalls AI projects at the prototype stage.
What Couchbase AI Services Brings to the Table
Couchbase, the developer database platform behind many mission-critical applications, introduced AI Services to solve a common enterprise problem: fragmented AI infrastructure. Instead of juggling separate tools for data, vectors, models, and governance, enterprises can now manage everything within one unified platform.
According to Barry Morris, Chief Product and Strategy Officer at Couchbase, organizations deploying AI agents need more than experimentation tools. They need an end-to-end system that is secure, trustworthy, and production-ready. Couchbase AI Services integrates AI capabilities directly across the product suite, enabling repeatable, scalable deployment for intelligent applications.
One Unified Platform for Data, Vectors, and Models
Moving generative and agentic AI into production is often slowed by:
- Integrating structured and unstructured data
- Security and privacy risks tied to public LLMs
- AI hallucinations and unreliable outputs
- Rapidly evolving AI tooling that’s hard to govern
Couchbase addresses these challenges by combining data management and AI services in a single platform. Key capabilities include:
- Secure model hosting through NVIDIA AI Enterprise, including NVIDIA NIM microservices and Nemotron models
- Automatic vector creation, storage, and search
- Unified Agent Catalog for governance and traceability
- Intelligent agent memory for contextual, multi-session interactions
- Built-in AI Functions that support SQL++-based analysis directly inside applications
By removing the need for multiple vendors and systems, Couchbase reduces latency, simplifies architecture, and lowers the cost of running large language model–powered applications.
Built-In Governance for Trustworthy AI Decisions
For enterprises, trust is non-negotiable especially when AI agents operate on sensitive data. Couchbase AI Services embeds governance directly into every interaction.
Organizations can set guardrails that validate AI outputs against enterprise data and business rules before any action is taken. This ensures that decisions made by autonomous agents are traceable, auditable, and compliant with internal policies.
By keeping both data and models within a single governed environment, enterprises retain full control without sacrificing speed or scalability.
Real-World Impact: Faster, More Reliable AI Development
AI-driven companies are already seeing the value of a unified platform. Joe Intrakamhang, CTO of SWARM Engineering, shared that Couchbase AI Services allows their team to streamline the entire retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipeline.
Instead of wrestling with infrastructure, teams can focus on solving real problems such as optimizing supply chains, logistics, and workforce planning. For enterprise customers making mission-critical decisions, having a secure and reliable AI foundation is essential.
Strong Industry Backing from NVIDIA and AI Partners
Couchbase AI Services also comes with strong ecosystem support. Industry leaders see agentic AI as the next phase of enterprise productivity but only if it’s deployed with proper governance and performance controls.
- NVIDIA highlighted Couchbase’s integration of NIM microservices and Nemotron models as a way to accelerate production-ready AI agents
- Arize AI emphasized improved observability and evaluation for multi-agent systems through Arize AX
- Unstructured.io enables direct ingestion and vectorization of unstructured enterprise data
- K2view supports the creation of privacy-preserving, high-quality synthetic datasets for AI grounding
Together, these partnerships strengthen Couchbase’s position as a central platform for enterprise-grade AI.
As AI adoption accelerates across industries from finance and retail to logistics and manufacturing, enterprises need infrastructure that balances innovation with control. Couchbase AI Services offers a practical path forward: faster deployment, fewer moving parts, and built-in trust.
For organizations serious about moving agentic AI from concept to production, this unified approach removes many of the barriers that have slowed AI initiatives in the past.
AI Services are available now, with more details accessible through Couchbase’s official channels and partner ecosystem resources.