Yuanyuan Tian, Principal Scientist Manager at Microsoft Gray Systems Lab, dives into the world of graph databases and their applications. She discusses overcoming the hurdles small enterprises face in adopting this technology and the importance of the GQL project for standardization. The conversation highlights how graph databases enhance fraud detection in finance, optimize supply chains, and improve healthcare analytics. Yuanyuan also explains the role of large language models and specialized query languages in making these powerful databases more accessible.