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title: "Embedding Models"
description: "AnythingLLM supports many embedding model providers out of the box with very little, if any setup"
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# Embedding Models

AnythingLLM supports many embedding model providers out of the box with very little, if any setup.

Embedding models are specific types of models that turn text into vectors, which can be stored and searched in a vector database - which is the foundation of RAG.

## Supported Embedding Model Providers

### Local Embedding Model Providers

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  <Card title="Built-in (default)" href="https://huggingface.co/sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2"> 
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  <Card title="Local AI" href="https://localai.io/"> 
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### Cloud Embedding Model Providers

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  <Card title="OpenAI" href="https://platform.openai.com/"> 
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  <Card title="Cohere" href="https://cohere.com/"> 
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