Embeddings & Vector SearchLuke Merrick et al. (Snowflake)
Arctic-Embed released
Arctic-Embed released — 5 models from 22M to 334M under Apache 2.0, claiming SOTA for their size on MTEB Retrieval at launch
Why it matters
A sign that data warehouse vendors were starting to build embedding models themselves
Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”
Paperarxiv.orghttps://arxiv.org/abs/2405.05374Added in Week 35, 2026 · See that week