The Graph Unveils Its New Roadmap, Plans AI-Assisted Querying

TL;DR

• The Graph has unveiled its new roadmap as it seeks to expand beyond subgraphs.

• The protocol will offer AI-assisted querying with large language models to its users.

The Graph Unveils Kew Features In Its New Roadmap

The Graph, a protocol for indexing and querying data stored on blockchains, has announced plans to add AI-assisted querying with large language models. This is part of a suite of new features the protocol disclosed on Tuesday. 

The protocol termed it the "New Era" roadmap, and it highlights some of the biggest upgrades for the project since it raised $50 million last year. 

The new features include Large Language Models (LLM), new query languages, verifiable data, and additional groundbreaking features. The new features will empower developers to build the next generation of web3 applications. The new era of The Graph is a major step in developing a single, interconnected graph of data that empowers the entire web3 ecosystem – both users and developers.

While commenting on this latest development, Eva Beylin, Director of The Graph Foundation, said:

“The release of the new R&D roadmap symbolizes the beginning of the New Era of The Graph. Incredible innovations are being worked on that will fundamentally change how people interact with web3 data. The Graph Network will be the definitive platform for all data use cases with the most diverse and comprehensive data in web3."

The upgrade also includes the introduction of Firehose and Substreams along with verifiable data and provision of files and archive data,"

According to the press release, Firehose is a new technology for increasing the speed of indexing blockchain data. Meanwhile, Substreams enable developers to write Rust modules, compose data streams alongside the community, and provide extremely high-performance indexing by virtue of parallelization in a streaming-first fashion. 

The Graph team pointed out that the roadmap also presents a solution to accessing Ethereum’s archive data (for when EIP-4444 goes live). 

The Graph is a protocol that allows web3 developers to view blockchain data without trusting centralized intermediaries for the data’s accuracy.