diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 46218fc34..9d09fef9d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2683,6 +2683,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bimap",
  "bincode",
  "bstr",
+ "bytemuck",
  "byteorder",
  "charabia",
  "concat-arrays",
diff --git a/milli/Cargo.toml b/milli/Cargo.toml
index 138103723..5ff73303a 100644
--- a/milli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/milli/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 bimap = { version = "0.6.3", features = ["serde"] }
 bincode = "1.3.3"
 bstr = "1.4.0"
+bytemuck = "1.13.1"
 byteorder = "1.4.3"
 charabia = { version = "0.7.2", default-features = false }
 concat-arrays = "0.1.2"
diff --git a/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_vector_points.rs b/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_vector_points.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..409df5dbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/extract_vector_points.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io;
+
+use bytemuck::cast_slice;
+use serde_json::from_slice;
+
+use super::helpers::{create_writer, writer_into_reader, GrenadParameters};
+use crate::{FieldId, InternalError, Result};
+
+/// Extracts the embedding vector contained in each document under the `_vector` field.
+///
+/// Returns the generated grenad reader containing the docid as key associated to the Vec<f32>
+#[logging_timer::time]
+pub fn extract_vector_points<R: io::Read + io::Seek>(
+    obkv_documents: grenad::Reader<R>,
+    indexer: GrenadParameters,
+    vector_fid: FieldId,
+) -> Result<grenad::Reader<File>> {
+    let mut writer = create_writer(
+        indexer.chunk_compression_type,
+        indexer.chunk_compression_level,
+        tempfile::tempfile()?,
+    );
+
+    let mut cursor = obkv_documents.into_cursor()?;
+    while let Some((docid_bytes, value)) = cursor.move_on_next()? {
+        let obkv = obkv::KvReader::new(value);
+
+        // first we get the _vector field
+        if let Some(vector) = obkv.get(vector_fid) {
+            // try to extract the vector
+            let vector: Vec<f32> = from_slice(vector).map_err(InternalError::SerdeJson).unwrap();
+            let bytes = cast_slice(&vector);
+            writer.insert(docid_bytes, bytes)?;
+        }
+        // else => the _vector object was `null`, there is nothing to do
+    }
+
+    writer_into_reader(writer)
+}
diff --git a/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/mod.rs b/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/mod.rs
index 632f568ab..128fc29c0 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/index_documents/extract/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ mod extract_facet_string_docids;
 mod extract_fid_docid_facet_values;
 mod extract_fid_word_count_docids;
 mod extract_geo_points;
+mod extract_vector_points;
 mod extract_word_docids;
 mod extract_word_fid_docids;
 mod extract_word_pair_proximity_docids;
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ use self::extract_facet_string_docids::extract_facet_string_docids;
 use self::extract_fid_docid_facet_values::{extract_fid_docid_facet_values, ExtractedFacetValues};
 use self::extract_fid_word_count_docids::extract_fid_word_count_docids;
 use self::extract_geo_points::extract_geo_points;
+use self::extract_vector_points::extract_vector_points;
 use self::extract_word_docids::extract_word_docids;
 use self::extract_word_fid_docids::extract_word_fid_docids;
 use self::extract_word_pair_proximity_docids::extract_word_pair_proximity_docids;