{"slug": "we-wanted-to-build-an-ai-application-not-maintain-rag-pipelines", "title": "We wanted to build an AI application, not maintain RAG pipelines", "summary": "Akropolys launched Kiku, a free integration that adds live voice, chat and proactive personal agents to websites, with data connected either through batch ingestion on Growth, Pro and Business plans or single ingestion on all plans including Free. Both ingestion methods build the same search index, and developers can add the Akropolys integration skill to a coding agent via the command \"npx skills add https://akropolys.cloud --skill akropolys-integration\". The offering positions Akropolys as handling retrieval infrastructure so teams can build AI applications without maintaining their own RAG pipelines.", "body_md": "# Integrate live voice, chat, and proactive personal agents directly into your website, *for free.*\n\n Akropolys does the heavy lifting. Kiku brings a seamless experience directly to your users.\n\n[Explore Kiku ↗](https://akropolys.cloud/docs/kiku/)\n\n## Build with an agent\n\nGive your coding agent the Akropolys integration skill.\n\n```\nnpx skills add https://akropolys.cloud --skill akropolys-integration\n```\n\n## How to connect your data\n\nAkropolys connects to your data in two ways: send a batch of records together, or send one record at a time. Both build the same search index.\n\n|  | Batch ingestionGrowth, Pro and Business | Single ingestionAll plans, including Free | \n|---|---|---|\n| What you send | An array of records. | One record at a time. | \n| When to use it | Update large or changing catalogues. | Publish page data as visitors browse. | \n| Get started | [Batch ingestion ↗](https://akropolys.cloud/docs/batch-ingestion/) | [Single ingestion ↗](https://akropolys.cloud/docs/single-ingestion/) |", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/we-wanted-to-build-an-ai-application-not-maintain-rag-pipelines", "canonical_source": "https://akropolys.cloud/docs/", "published_at": "2026-11-10 15:37:40+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-10 15:54:16.501996+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Akropolys", "Kiku"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/we-wanted-to-build-an-ai-application-not-maintain-rag-pipelines", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/we-wanted-to-build-an-ai-application-not-maintain-rag-pipelines.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/we-wanted-to-build-an-ai-application-not-maintain-rag-pipelines.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/we-wanted-to-build-an-ai-application-not-maintain-rag-pipelines.jsonld"}}