Agentic search vs. RAG

RAG gave AI systems access to external knowledge at query time. Agentic search gives AI the ability to reason about that knowledge — re-querying, cross-referencing, and refining until it reaches a confident answer.

The RAG ceiling

RAG returns a ranked list of chunks. Complex enterprise questions need multi-hop reasoning across sources.

Agentic retrieval

Chordian Deep Search runs seven parallel paths, fuses via RRF, and reasons until confident with full provenance.

Write-back

Every search enriches your institutional memory — RAG alone does not compound organisational knowledge.

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