Skip to main content
Inside Antwerp Central station, tall stone arches framing a fan of glass windows.
AI 101 · How AI systems are built

What is an embedding?

A list of numbers representing a piece of text, arranged so that similar meanings sit near each other.

In one sentence

A list of numbers representing a piece of text, arranged so that similar meanings sit near each other.

Why it matters to a business

It is what lets a search find the right answer when the user typed none of the same words the document uses.

A long vaulted hall of stone columns set with cafe tables.

Every term here was explained to us once, too. Asking is how you learn it.

Quick answers

Embedding, in questions

The same answer, in the shape people ask it.

What is an embedding?

A list of numbers representing a piece of text, arranged so that similar meanings sit near each other.

Why does Embedding matter to a business?

It is what lets a search find the right answer when the user typed none of the same words the document uses.

A chandelier of flowers seen from beneath.

Wondering what this means for your organization?

Thirty minutes, no slides, no jargon. We will tell you which of this applies to you, and which is noise.