Contextual embeddings: only Perplexity and Voyage offer them, open weights teased
antoine_chaffin · x · 2026-09-26
@antoinechaffin notes that contextual embeddings are currently available only from Perplexity (open, MIT-licensed) and Voyage (latest: voyage-context-4), and argues multi-vector + contextual models solve many use cases. Teasing a possible open-source release, he reiterates that open weights beat API-only access.
Related event: Contextual Embeddings Emerge as New RAG Direction(2 posts)→
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