deepset

deepset is a Berlin-based technology company specializing in natural language processing and information retrieval. It develops open-source software and provides enterprise AI solutions to help organizations build search, question answering, and semantic search over large document collections. The company is best known for Haystack, an open-source framework for building production-grade NLP pipelines that integrate document stores, retrievers, readers, and ranking components. Haystack supports dense and sparse retrievers, extractive QA models, and generative components, and can connect to FAISS, Milvus, Elasticsearch, and other data stores. It works with transformer models from Hugging Face and others to enable retrieval-augmented generation and end-to-end QA systems.

In addition to open-source software, deepset offers deepset Cloud, a managed platform for deploying, scaling, and monitoring NLP pipelines with features for access control, governance, and privacy-friendly deployments. The company also provides professional services, custom AI solutions, and integration support for enterprises in various industries.

History and impact: founded in Berlin by AI researchers and engineers, deepset has contributed to the NLP community through Haystack's development and ongoing maintenance. The company positions itself at the intersection of open source and enterprise AI, aiming to accelerate the deployment of semantic search and QA applications while advancing responsible AI practices.