It runs on embeddings and a vector store, and it's the retrieval half of every RAG system we build.
Related terms
Agent Memory
How an AI agent persists state across turns and sessions: short-term (the context window), long-term (a vector store / DB of facts), and episodic.
Agentic AI
An AI system that calls tools and executes multiple steps autonomously toward a goal.
AI Gateway
A proxy layer between your app and LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic): routing, retries, caching, rate-limits, key management, cost tracking and failover.
Chunking
Splitting your documents into small, overlapping passages before they go into a vector store.
The bench this belongs to
AI automationThe repetitive half of your week, handed to software that does not get bored. Inbox triage, follow-ups, reporting, data entry between tools that were never meant to talk.
