RetrievalRouter Dynamically Selects Retrieval Architecture and Modality
August 25, 2026
RetrievalRouter is a lightweight, query-aware system that selects the optimal retrieval pipeline—varying between text/multimodal and dense/late-interaction architectures—based on the specific query. This optimizes the trade-off between retrieval accuracy and system latency.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou can reduce RAG latency and costs by avoiding heavy multimodal pipelines for simple text queries.