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OpenAI's Habitat storage layer

What's this about?

Habitat evolved from a Python client and one database into a distributed platform handling over 70 million requests per second and more than 500 PB across almost 40 regions.

What exactly is online storage?

It is the low-latency data layer an interactive product queries while you are using it—for settings, conversations and session state—rather than a slow archive used later.

Why is it worth attention?

The article provides a rare view of the infrastructure behind consumer AI scale. The figures are self-reported and describe system size and growth, not service quality on their own.

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