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Search that understands what people mean.

Keyword search returns documents that contain the words. AI search returns the answer. We build semantic and hybrid search — relevance-tuned and grounded — for products, support, and internal knowledge.

Hybrid retrieval · reranking · query understanding · typo tolerance · sub-200ms

Your users are asking questions, not typing keywords.

Modern users expect search to behave like an answer engine. When it returns a wall of weak keyword matches, they bounce.

The fix is rarely 'add AI' — it's combining semantic understanding with the precision of lexical search, then reranking the results and, where it helps, generating a direct grounded answer. We tune relevance against your real queries instead of trusting defaults.

How we build search that converts.

01

Query understanding

Spelling, synonyms, intent classification, and query rewriting so 'cheap flights ny' works.

02

Hybrid retrieval

Dense embeddings for meaning + BM25 for exact terms, fused for the best of both.

03

Reranking

A cross-encoder reorders the top results — the single biggest precision lever.

04

Answer generation

Optional: a grounded, cited answer above the results for question-style queries.

05

Relevance tuning

We build a judgment set from your real queries and measure NDCG, not vibes.

06

Speed

Caching, ANN tuning, and payload trimming to hold sub-200ms at your scale.

Where this shows up.

Product

E-commerce search

Intent-aware product discovery that lifts conversion and surfaces the long tail.

Support

Help center / deflection

Answer the question before it becomes a ticket.

Docs

Documentation search

Developers find the right page and snippet, fast.

Internal

Enterprise search

One search box across wikis, drives, and tickets — with permissions respected.

Media

Content & archive search

Semantic search over articles, transcripts, and media metadata.

Data

Structured + unstructured

Search that spans both your database and your documents.

Ways to engage.

Search Audit
1 week
from $9,000
  • Relevance evaluation of current search
  • Judgment-set + NDCG baseline
  • Prioritized improvement plan
Book an Audit
Search Build
5–9 weeks
from $48,000
  • Hybrid retrieval + reranking
  • Query understanding
  • Relevance tuning + monitoring
  • 30-day support
Start a Build
Ongoing Tuning
monthly
from $7,500/mo
  • Relevance iterations on real queries
  • New content sources
  • A/B testing support
Discuss Tuning
Show, don't tell

From a typo to the right answer.

Query understanding, hybrid retrieval, and reranking — the pipeline that turns 'retrn polcy' into the right result.

search.tstypescript
const q = await understand(rawQuery)        // spell-fix, intent, synonymsconst dense = await index.knn(embed(q.text), 50)const lexical = await index.bm25(q.text, 50)const fused = rrf(dense, lexical)           // reciprocal rank fusionconst ranked = await reranker.rank(q.text, fused)  // precision liftreturn ranked.slice(0, 10)
Query: “retrn polcy”
→ understood: “return policy” (intent: support)
1 Returns & refunds 0.95
2 Exchange window 0.79

We measure NDCG against a judgment set built from your real queries — so 'better' is a number, not an opinion.

Integrate, don't rip-and-replace

Often we build on top of what you have.

Elasticsearch or OpenSearch already handle your lexical search and infrastructure well. We add the semantic layer and reranking on top.

You keep the operational tooling you trust and gain search that understands intent — without a risky migration.

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Common questions.

Do we replace Algolia/Elasticsearch?
Often we build on top of them. Elasticsearch/OpenSearch handle lexical and infra; we add the semantic layer and reranking. We integrate rather than rip-and-replace where it makes sense.
How do you measure 'better'?
A judgment set from your real queries plus NDCG/precision@k, measured before and after — and ideally an online A/B test on conversion or deflection.
Will it be fast enough?
Yes. We design for your latency target with caching and tuned ANN, and reranking only the top candidates.
Can it answer, not just list?
Yes — grounded answer generation with citations for question-style queries, alongside the ranked results.

What are people failing to find?

Send us a handful of real queries that return bad results. We'll show you why — and what better looks like.