What’s new in two May 2026: Redis Iris, Redis 8.8, PrivateLink & more

What you’ll learn in this video Catch up on the latest Redis updates, including Redis Iris for AI agents, Redis Open Source 8.8, Redis Data Integration 1.18, PrivateLink GA, and dynamic endpoints in Redis Cloud. Overview Welcome to What’s New in Two — your fastest way to catch up on everything happening at Redis. In this May update, we cover Redis Iris, our new real-time context engine for AI agents, built to help agents retrieve fresh, live, agent-ready context. We also walk through what’s new in Redis Open Source 8.8, including performance gains, improved vector storage efficiency, the new Array data structure, built-in window-counter rate limiting, hash subkey notifications, and more. You’ll also get updates on Redis Data Integration 1.18, including a new Flink-based processor and preview support for Snowflake as a source, plus new Redis Software authentication support, PrivateLink GA in Redis Cloud Pro, and dynamic endpoints for easier database migrations across Redis Cloud. Key topics covered - Redis Iris, the real-time context engine for AI agents - Redis Context Retriever, Agent Memory, RDI, LangCache, and Redis Search - Redis Open Source 8.8 performance and feature updates - Redis Data Integration 1.18 with Flink-based processing - Snowflake source support and reverse ETL workflows - Certificate-based authentication with LDAP and AD - PrivateLink GA in Redis Cloud Pro - Dynamic endpoints for Redis Cloud migrations Resources & links - Redis Iris: https://redis.io/iris/ - Redis Iris launch blog: https://redis.io/blog/context-is-all-you-need/ - Redis Open Source 8.8 release notes: https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/stack-with-enterprise/release-notes/redisce/ - Redis Data Integration 1.18 release notes: https://redis.io/docs/latest/integrate/redis-data-integration/release-notes/rdi-1-18-0/ - Redis Software 8.0.20-19 release notes: https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/release-notes/rs-8-0-releases/rs-8-0-20-19/ - AWS PrivateLink for Redis Cloud: https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rc/security/aws-privatelink/ - Dynamic endpoints: https://redis.io/blog/dynamic-endpoints-migrate-databases-without-changing-your-endpoint/ - Subscribe to Redis: https://www.youtube.com/@Redisinc?sub_confirmation=1 Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 00:05 - Redis Iris for AI agents 00:56 - Redis Open Source 8.8 01:30 - Redis Data Integration 1.18 01:59 - Certificate-based authentication 02:12 - PrivateLink GA in Redis Cloud Pro 02:23 - Dynamic endpoints in Redis Cloud 02:45 - Wrap-up Have questions? Drop them in the comments — we’re here to help. Subscribe for the next Redis update: https://www.youtube.com/@Redisinc?sub... #Redis #RedisCloud #RedisIris #AIagents #Redis8 #VectorSearch #RDI #PrivateLink #DataIntegration #DeveloperTools About Redis We’re the world’s fastest in-memory database. From our open source origins in 2011 to becoming the #1 cited brand for caching solutions, we’ve helped more than 10,000 customers build, scale, and deploy the apps our world runs on. With cloud and on-prem databases for caching, vector search, and more, we’re helping digital businesses set a new standard for speed.