Insights, updates, and deep dives into AI-powered retrieval technology and the future of agentic systems.
Search has a new user: agents. Longer, programmatic queries change the performance math of keyword retrieval. Here we take a closer look at Block-Max WAND when querying is driven by agents.
Skip Everling
In agentic systems, retrieval is context injection. Better retrievers produce more convincing distractors; better reasoners trust those distractors more deeply. This is Mutually Assured Distraction.
Lester Solbakken
What happens when retrieval becomes verifiable? Agents stop just querying data and start improving their own context. This post breaks down how Hornet's schema-first, verifiable APIs enable self-optimizing systems built for agentic retrieval.
Skip Everling
The agentic shift is changing infrastructure. Agents need more than access to data; they need highly relevant context at scale. This article makes the case for a new retrieval engine built to power the next generation of agentic systems.
Jo Kristian Bergum