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 # cognee
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 We build for developers who need a reliable, production-ready data layer for AI applications
 
 
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 ## What is cognee? 
 
 cognee implements scalable, modular ECL (Extract, Cognify, Load) pipelines that allow you ability to interconnect and retrieve past conversations, documents, audio transcriptions, while also reducing hallucinations, developer effort and cost.