diff --git a/bayesflow/__init__.py b/bayesflow/__init__.py
index d0d8d389b..2d752fa51 100644
--- a/bayesflow/__init__.py
+++ b/bayesflow/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 )
 
 from .workflows import BasicWorkflow
-from .approximators import ContinuousApproximator
+from .approximators import ContinuousApproximator, ContinuousPointApproximator
 from .adapters import Adapter
 from .datasets import OfflineDataset, OnlineDataset, DiskDataset
 from .simulators import make_simulator
diff --git a/bayesflow/approximators/__init__.py b/bayesflow/approximators/__init__.py
index b2bd76f6b..1d98bd819 100644
--- a/bayesflow/approximators/__init__.py
+++ b/bayesflow/approximators/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 from .approximator import Approximator
 from .continuous_approximator import ContinuousApproximator
+from .continuous_point_approximator import ContinuousPointApproximator
 from .model_comparison_approximator import ModelComparisonApproximator
diff --git a/bayesflow/approximators/continuous_point_approximator.py b/bayesflow/approximators/continuous_point_approximator.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71af53402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bayesflow/approximators/continuous_point_approximator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+
+import keras
+import numpy as np
+from keras.saving import (
+    deserialize_keras_object as deserialize,
+    register_keras_serializable as serializable,
+    serialize_keras_object as serialize,
+)
+
+from bayesflow.adapters import Adapter
+from bayesflow.networks import PointInferenceNetwork, SummaryNetwork
+from bayesflow.types import Tensor
+from bayesflow.utils import logging, split_arrays
+from .approximator import Approximator
+
+
+@serializable(package="bayesflow.approximators")
+class ContinuousPointApproximator(Approximator):
+    """
+    Defines a workflow for performing fast posterior or likelihood inference.
+    The distribution is approximated by a point with an feed-forward network and an optional summary network.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        adapter: Adapter,
+        inference_network: PointInferenceNetwork,
+        summary_network: SummaryNetwork = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.adapter = adapter
+        self.inference_network = inference_network
+        self.summary_network = summary_network
+
+    @classmethod
+    def build_adapter(
+        cls,
+        inference_variables: Sequence[str],
+        inference_conditions: Sequence[str] = None,
+        summary_variables: Sequence[str] = None,
+    ) -> Adapter:
+        adapter = Adapter.create_default(inference_variables)
+
+        if inference_conditions is not None:
+            adapter = adapter.concatenate(inference_conditions, into="inference_conditions")
+
+        if summary_variables is not None:
+            adapter = adapter.as_set(summary_variables).concatenate(summary_variables, into="summary_variables")
+
+        adapter = adapter.keep(["inference_variables", "inference_conditions", "summary_variables"]).standardize()
+
+        return adapter
+
+    def compile(
+        self,
+        *args,
+        inference_metrics: Sequence[keras.Metric] = None,
+        summary_metrics: Sequence[keras.Metric] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        if inference_metrics:
+            self.inference_network._metrics = inference_metrics
+
+        if summary_metrics:
+            if self.summary_network is None:
+                logging.warning("Ignoring summary metrics because there is no summary network.")
+            else:
+                self.summary_network._metrics = summary_metrics
+
+        return super().compile(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def compute_metrics(
+        self,
+        inference_variables: Tensor,
+        inference_conditions: Tensor = None,
+        summary_variables: Tensor = None,
+        stage: str = "training",
+    ) -> dict[str, Tensor]:
+        if self.summary_network is None:
+            if summary_variables is not None:
+                raise ValueError("Cannot compute summary metrics without a summary network.")
+
+            summary_metrics = {}
+        else:
+            if summary_variables is None:
+                raise ValueError("Summary variables are required when a summary network is present.")
+
+            summary_metrics = self.summary_network.compute_metrics(summary_variables, stage=stage)
+            summary_outputs = summary_metrics.pop("outputs")
+
+            # append summary outputs to inference conditions
+            if inference_conditions is None:
+                inference_conditions = summary_outputs
+            else:
+                inference_conditions = keras.ops.concatenate([inference_conditions, summary_outputs], axis=-1)
+
+        inference_metrics = self.inference_network.compute_metrics(
+            inference_variables, conditions=inference_conditions, stage=stage
+        )
+
+        loss = inference_metrics.get("loss", keras.ops.zeros(())) + summary_metrics.get("loss", keras.ops.zeros(()))
+
+        inference_metrics = {f"{key}/inference_{key}": value for key, value in inference_metrics.items()}
+        summary_metrics = {f"{key}/summary_{key}": value for key, value in summary_metrics.items()}
+
+        metrics = {"loss": loss} | inference_metrics | summary_metrics
+
+        return metrics
+
+    def fit(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return super().fit(*args, **kwargs, adapter=self.adapter)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_config(cls, config, custom_objects=None):
+        config["adapter"] = deserialize(config["adapter"], custom_objects=custom_objects)
+        config["inference_network"] = deserialize(config["inference_network"], custom_objects=custom_objects)
+        config["summary_network"] = deserialize(config["summary_network"], custom_objects=custom_objects)
+
+        return super().from_config(config, custom_objects=custom_objects)
+
+    def get_config(self):
+        base_config = super().get_config()
+        config = {
+            "adapter": serialize(self.adapter),
+            "inference_network": serialize(self.inference_network),
+            "summary_network": serialize(self.summary_network),
+        }
+
+        return base_config | config
+
+    def estimate(
+        self,
+        *,
+        conditions: dict[str, np.ndarray],
+        split: bool = False,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> dict[str, np.ndarray]:
+        conditions = self.adapter(conditions, strict=False, stage="inference", **kwargs)
+        conditions = keras.tree.map_structure(keras.ops.convert_to_tensor, conditions)
+        conditions = {"inference_variables": self._estimate(**conditions)}
+        conditions = keras.tree.map_structure(keras.ops.convert_to_numpy, conditions)
+        conditions = self.adapter(conditions, inverse=True, strict=False, **kwargs)
+
+        if split:
+            conditions = split_arrays(conditions, axis=-1)
+        return conditions
+
+    def _estimate(
+        self,
+        inference_conditions: Tensor = None,
+        summary_variables: Tensor = None,
+    ) -> Tensor:
+        if self.summary_network is None:
+            if summary_variables is not None:
+                raise ValueError("Cannot use summary variables without a summary network.")
+        else:
+            if summary_variables is None:
+                raise ValueError("Summary variables are required when a summary network is present.")
+
+            summary_outputs = self.summary_network(summary_variables)
+
+            if inference_conditions is None:
+                inference_conditions = summary_outputs
+            else:
+                inference_conditions = keras.ops.concatenate([inference_conditions, summary_outputs], axis=1)
+
+        return self.inference_network.estimate(conditions=inference_conditions)
diff --git a/bayesflow/networks/__init__.py b/bayesflow/networks/__init__.py
index 9a915572b..ecb36631a 100644
--- a/bayesflow/networks/__init__.py
+++ b/bayesflow/networks/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 from .cif import CIF
 from .consistency_models import ConsistencyModel, ContinuousConsistencyModel
 from .coupling_flow import CouplingFlow
+from .regressors import QuantileRegressor
 from .deep_set import DeepSet
 from .flow_matching import FlowMatching
 from .free_form_flow import FreeFormFlow
 from .inference_network import InferenceNetwork
+from .point_inference_network import PointInferenceNetwork
 from .mlp import MLP
 from .lstnet import LSTNet
 from .summary_network import SummaryNetwork
diff --git a/bayesflow/networks/point_inference_network.py b/bayesflow/networks/point_inference_network.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a9794177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bayesflow/networks/point_inference_network.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import keras
+
+from bayesflow.types import Shape, Tensor
+
+
+class PointInferenceNetwork(keras.Layer):
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
+    def build(self, xz_shape: Shape, conditions_shape: Shape = None) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def call(
+        self,
+        xz: Tensor,
+        conditions: Tensor = None,
+        training: bool = False,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> Tensor | tuple[Tensor, Tensor]:
+        return self._forward(xz, conditions=conditions, training=training, **kwargs)
+
+    def _forward(
+        self, x: Tensor, conditions: Tensor = None, training: bool = False, **kwargs
+    ) -> Tensor | tuple[Tensor, Tensor]:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def compute_metrics(self, x: Tensor, conditions: Tensor = None, stage: str = "training") -> dict[str, Tensor]:
+        if not self.built:
+            xz_shape = keras.ops.shape(x)
+            conditions_shape = None if conditions is None else keras.ops.shape(conditions)
+            self.build(xz_shape, conditions_shape=conditions_shape)
+
+        metrics = {}
+
+        if stage != "training" and any(self.metrics):
+            # compute sample-based metrics
+            # samples = self.sample((keras.ops.shape(x)[0],), conditions=conditions)
+            #
+            # for metric in self.metrics:
+            #     metrics[metric.name] = metric(samples, x)
+            pass
+            # TODO: instead compute estimate based metrics
+
+        return metrics
+
+    def estimate(self, conditions: Tensor = None) -> Tensor:
+        return self._forward(None, conditions)
diff --git a/bayesflow/networks/regressors/__init__.py b/bayesflow/networks/regressors/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..745a5b87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bayesflow/networks/regressors/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .quantile_regressor import QuantileRegressor
diff --git a/bayesflow/networks/regressors/quantile_regressor.py b/bayesflow/networks/regressors/quantile_regressor.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f528d05f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bayesflow/networks/regressors/quantile_regressor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+
+import keras
+from keras.saving import register_keras_serializable as serializable
+
+from bayesflow.types import Tensor
+from bayesflow.utils import find_network, keras_kwargs
+
+from ..point_inference_network import PointInferenceNetwork
+
+
+@serializable(package="networks.regressors")
+class QuantileRegressor(PointInferenceNetwork):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        subnet: str | type = "mlp",
+        quantile_levels: Sequence[float] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(**keras_kwargs(kwargs))
+
+        if quantile_levels is not None:
+            self.quantile_levels = quantile_levels
+        else:
+            self.quantile_levels = [0.1, 0.9]
+        self.quantile_levels = keras.ops.convert_to_tensor(self.quantile_levels)
+        self.num_quantiles = len(self.quantile_levels)  # should we have this shorthand?
+        # TODO: should we initialize self.num_variables here already? The actual value is assined in build()
+
+        self.body = find_network(subnet, **kwargs.get("subnet_kwargs", {}))
+        self.head = keras.layers.Dense(
+            units=None, bias_initializer="zeros", kernel_initializer="zeros"
+        )  # TODO: why initialize at zero (taken from consistency_model.py)
+
+    # noinspection PyMethodOverriding
+    def build(
+        self, xz_shape, conditions_shape=None
+    ):  # TODO: seems like conditions_shape should definetely be supplied, change to positional argument?
+        super().build(xz_shape)
+
+        self.num_variables = xz_shape[-1]
+        input_shape = conditions_shape
+        self.body.build(input_shape=input_shape)
+
+        input_shape = self.body.compute_output_shape(input_shape)
+        self.head.units = self.num_quantiles * self.num_variables
+        self.head.build(input_shape=input_shape)
+
+    def _forward(
+        self, x: Tensor, conditions: Tensor = None, training: bool = False, **kwargs
+    ) -> Tensor | tuple[Tensor, Tensor]:
+        head_input = self.body(conditions)
+        pred_quantiles = self.head(head_input)  # (batch_shape, num_quantiles * num_variables)
+        pred_quantiles = keras.ops.reshape(pred_quantiles, (-1, self.num_quantiles, self.num_variables))
+        # (batch_shape, num_quantiles, num_variables)
+
+        return pred_quantiles
+
+    def compute_metrics(self, x: Tensor, conditions: Tensor = None, stage: str = "training") -> dict[str, Tensor]:
+        base_metrics = super().compute_metrics(x, conditions=conditions, stage=stage)
+
+        true_value = x
+        # TODO: keeping like it used to be, but why is do we not set training=(stage=="training") in self.call()
+        pred_quantiles = self(x, conditions)
+        pointwise_differance = pred_quantiles - true_value[:, None, :]
+
+        loss = pointwise_differance * (
+            keras.ops.cast(pointwise_differance > 0, float) - self.quantile_levels[None, :, None]
+        )
+        loss = keras.ops.mean(loss)
+
+        return base_metrics | {"loss": loss}