# ibm/slate-30m-english-rtrvr-v2 — Deprecated — shutdown 12 January 2027

For ibm/slate-30m-english-rtrvr-v2, provider is IBM watsonx.ai; lifecycle status is Deprecated; deprecation announced is 8 May 2026; shutdown / retirement date is 12 January 2027; recommended replacement is granite-embedding-278m-multilingual, multilingual-e5-large; platform / deployment scope is watsonx.ai embedding models (Frankfurt, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Toronto, AWS Mumbai, AWS GovCloud data centers; Dallas data center only), recorded from its source on 2026-09-16.

- **Provider:** IBM watsonx.ai _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** ibm/slate-30m-english-rtrvr-v2 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Human-readable model name:** slate-30m-english-rtrvr-v2 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** Deprecated
- **Release date:** 15 August 2024 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Deprecation announced:** 8 May 2026 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** 12 January 2027 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** granite-embedding-278m-multilingual, multilingual-e5-large _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Platform / deployment scope:** watsonx.ai embedding models (Frankfurt, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Toronto, AWS Mumbai, AWS GovCloud data centers; Dallas data center only) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> slate-30m-english-rtrvr-v2 (Frankfurt, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Toronto, AWS Mumbai, AWS GovCloud data centers) ibm/slate-30m-english-rtrvr-v2 | 15 August 2024 | 8 May 2026 | 12 January 2027 | granite-embedding-278m-multilingual, multilingual-e5-large |

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Release date

> Foundation model name API model ID | Availability date | Deprecation date | Withdrawal date | Recommended alternative model | slate-30m-english-rtrvr-v2 (Frankfurt, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Toronto, AWS Mumbai, AWS GovCloud data centers) ibm/slate-30m-english-rtrvr-v2 | 15 August 2024 | 8 May 2026 | 12 January 2027 | granite-embedding-278m-multilingual, multilingual-e5-large |

## Source

- https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/saas?topic=models-foundation-model-lifecycle

Last verified: 2026-09-16. Review by: 2026-10-16.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).