Elastic, the Search AI Company, announced that the Elasticsearch vector database is now a natively supported information retrieval engine for Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform.  

“By integrating Elasticsearch as a native grounding engine in Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform, our joint customers can seamlessly build RAG applications in a single workflow,” said Shay Banon, founder and chief technology officer at Elastic. “This solution enables faster deployment with minimal configuration, giving back time and bandwidth to developers building the next generation of generative AI experiences.”  

This feature is currently in Public Preview. Read the Elastic blog to learn how to get started.