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Oct 28, 2026 · Backend Development

Alibaba Cloud AI Search Tops VDBBench & MMEB: Full-Stack Optimization from Engine to Model

Alibaba Cloud AI Search achieves top rankings on VDBBench vector retrieval, Big5 and Tantivy traditional search benchmarks, and MMEB multimodal document retrieval through full-stack optimizations including FalconSeek kernel improvements for HNSW, native query execution, and the Ops-Colqwen3-4B multimodal embedding model.