Andre Zayarni is the cofounder and CEO of Qdrant, an open-source vector database company. He was previously the CTO of MoBerries building a next generation HR product based on AI and Real-time. He's been building software products for 20+ years.  Karthik Dinakar is the cofounder and CTO of Pienso, an interactive AI platform anyone can use to turn text data into insights without requiring any coding. He has a PhD in Machine Learning from MIT. He has held roles at MIT Media Lab, Microsoft, and Deutsche Bank. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Why do we need vector databases? - What type of applications need a vector database? - When choosing a vector database, what characteristics should a developer look for? - What are the building blocks of generative AI applications? - What can LLMs do well and where are the gaps? - What LLM applications are being built in the enterprise? - Retrieval Augmented Generation - What's the importance of vector databases in vertical AI? --------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi