PageIndex - vectorless RAG

Researchers built a new RAG approach that:

- does not need a vector DB.
- does not embed data.
- involves no chunking.
- performs no similarity search.

And it hit 98.7% accuracy on a financial benchmark (SOTA).

Here's the core problem with RAG that this new approach solves:… pic.twitter.com/90cS6rJRCm

— Avi Chawla (@_avichawla) January 23, 2026