A Standard Vector Unit is the contractual unit for one gigabyte of high-dimensional vector storage with a stated semantic-search latency over a stated retention window. Storage operators list capacity. Agent fleets buy SVUs to dynamically scale memory. Each fill mints a Tre’gent receipt — Ed25519, offline-verifiable, SHOD-gated.
An agent is only as good as what it can remember. To remain intelligent, an agent’s context must be continuously stored, indexed, and retrieved through vector databases. Today this is rented through static SaaS fees at proprietary endpoints. The SVU converts that rent into a tradeable unit: one gigabyte of optimized vector storage with a defined recall latency over a defined window. Operators compete on price and SLA. Agents scale memory like compute.
Data centers running HNSW, IVF, ScaNN, and successor indexing structures over high-dimensional embedding spaces.
Enterprise agents, retrieval pipelines, multi-modal recall systems. Memory needs scale with conversation depth and tool use.
Spot price clears against utilization and latency tier. Forward curve emerges as operators list multi-window blocks.
Every fill mints a Tre’gent receipt asserting the SLA was honored over the contracted window.
Memory has tiers. Hot, fast recall for working context. Cold, dense storage for long-tail agent history. Two sub-symbols are listed today on the Manuka Exchange.
One gigabyte of vector storage with p99 semantic-search latency of 10 ms or better, retained over a 30-day window. The hot-memory tier for production agents. Routing layers, recommendation engines, and live retrieval pipelines clear here.
| Symbol | SVU-HIVEMIND-FAST |
|---|---|
| Unit | 1 GB optimized vector storage |
| Recall latency | p99 ≤ 10 ms semantic search |
| Dimensionality | up to 1,536 dims (configurable) |
| Retention window | 30 days |
| Index class | HNSW or operator-equivalent |
| Receipt | Tre’gent · Ed25519 · offline-verifiable |
One gigabyte of vector storage with p99 semantic-search latency of 500 ms or better, retained over a 365-day window. The cold-memory tier for agent history, audit recall, and long-tail context. Enterprise compliance and post-hoc analysis clear here.
| Symbol | SVU-COLD-ARCHIVE |
|---|---|
| Unit | 1 GB optimized vector storage |
| Recall latency | p99 ≤ 500 ms semantic search |
| Dimensionality | up to 1,536 dims (configurable) |
| Retention window | 365 days |
| Index class | IVF or operator-equivalent |
| Receipt | Tre’gent · Ed25519 · offline-verifiable |
A storage operator lists capacity blocks for a window. An agent fleet submits a memory request keyed to a named SVU symbol. The exchange matches. The operator provisions and returns an addressable handle. SHOD’s six gates check the operator and the buyer. A Tre’gent receipt is minted asserting the GB, the SLA, the retention window, and the operator’s commitment hash. USDC settles atomically. The receipt is verifiable offline against the published issuer key for the duration of the retention window.