Goodbye Vanilla RAG, Agentic RAG is Here

Everyone loves retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). It has revolutionised how AI systems process and respond to user queries by leveraging external knowledge sources. At the same time, everyone wants to replace RAG with something new as it doesn’t meet all the diverse needs of modern enterprises. As the demands for nuanced, complex, and adaptive AI systems grow, the traditional RAG approach—often dubbed vanilla RAG—is reaching its limitations. This is where agentic RAG comes into play. Agentic RAG represents an advanced architecture that combines the foundational principles of RAG with the autonomy and flexibility of AI agents, promising a future where AI systems are more adaptive, proactive, and intelligent. What Exactly is Agentic RAG? Armand Ruiz, VP of product-AI platfo