RAG is Not Dead - It’s Just Becoming Agent Memory

RAG is not dead. It just got promoted. For years, retrieval-augmented generation helped apps pull the right documents before an AI answered. Now, AI agents need something deeper: memory that can recall facts, user choices, past actions, tool results, and changing business context. That’s why every smart software development company is rethinking RAG as the memory layer behind agentic apps. The shift is not “RAG vs agents.” It is RAG inside agents. And if you’re building AI products in 2026, this