Jev beat the accuracy of our retriever (powered by Sonnet

@IanArawjo Ian Arawjo · Sep 19, 2026 · case #257594 · listed via Jev Hub
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Replaced a Sonnet-powered retriever with Jev, beating its accuracy at a fraction of the cost and near-instant latency across a full document.

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Jev beat the accuracy of our retriever (powered by Sonnet 5) at a fraction of the cost and latency. The results across an entire document were so fast as to be basically instantaneous.

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