Voyage AIVoyage Rerank 1

rerank-lite-1

Rerank Lite 1 introduced Voyage's reranking service. It uses a cross-encoder to score the query together with each candidate document.

Model design

The release describes using the reranker after either keyword retrieval or embedding search. Its launch evaluates 27 retrieval datasets.Voyage introduces rerank-lite-1

Practical use

Practical guidance. This two-stage pattern can improve a keyword search without first replacing the whole index. Measure the candidate stage and the final ranking separately. A useful candidate that falls outside the supplied set remains invisible to the reranker.

Specifications & access

rerank-lite-1 specifications
DetailValue and conditions
Launch date
AccessAPI
API limits4,000 tokens per pair; 1,000 per queryVoyage AI reranking API and earlier models
AccessEarlier Voyage API catalogVoyage AI reranking API and earlier models

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    Earlier general and multilingual relevance reranker.

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