Cross-modal search represents a significant advancement in information retrieval by enabling queries across various data types such as text, images, audio, and video, offering a more intuitive and comprehensive search experience. Unlike unimodal search, which involves a single data type, cross-modal search allows users to input a query in one modality and retrieve results in another, exemplified by using text descriptions to search for images. Multimodal search combines multiple data types in both the query and retrieval process, reflecting the complexity of human communication. Technological advancements, such as visual-language models like CLIP, have facilitated the development of cross-modal and multimodal systems, enhancing the richness and contextual relevance of search results. Clarifai’s platform supports these systems with tools like Compute Orchestration, allowing users to deploy AI workloads across various environments and manage multimodal models effectively.