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Devico Breakfast BarHow to use vector databases to unlock AI’s full potential? | Bob van Luijt | Devico Breakfast Bar #100In this episode of Devico Breakfast Bar Podcast, Oleg Sadikov, the co-founder and CEO at Devico & DeviQA, sits down with Bob van Luijt, CEO and co-founder at Weaviate. Bob shares the grounded principles that helped him build one of the first vector database companies. He opens up about his path to entrepreneurship, why early fascination beats “problem-solving,” and how company culture quietly makes or breaks a startup.Join us as we discuss: The hype vs. reality of AI and how to stay groundedHow to balance visionary ideas with execution and team alignmentWhy trust is more powerful than...2025-06-0312 min
De Technoloog | BNRWeaviate uit Nederland gaat strijd aan met big tech en wint (voorlopig)In deze aflevering van De Technoloog gaan we het gesprek aan met Bob van Luijt, CEO van Weaviate. Weaviate ontwikkelt vector databases die gebruikt worden in allerlei AI-toepassingen. We spreken over de geschiedenis van het bedrijf, de strijd die Bob aangaat met big tech (zij zijn niet blij met Weaviate als concurrent), hoe het omgaan met investeringen werkt én de uiteindelijke stap naar een beursgang. Deze aflevering heeft óók een speciale gastpresentator: Felienne Hermans: hoogleraar computer science education aan de VU en natuurlijk vriend van de show. Gast Bob van Luijt Video Yo...2025-05-221h 03
Weaviate PodcastBox AI with Ben Kus and Bob van LuijtBen walks us through Box's three-layer infrastructure puzzle: First, the mind-boggling base infrastructure (think millions of interactions per second and trillions of files). Second, their unique multi-tenant security challenge - unlike most SaaS platforms, Box users share content across company boundaries, making traditional tenant isolation impossible. And third, ensuring AI respects all these complex permissions while still delivering value. The podcast then dives further into how vector embeddings can balloon file sizes - a few hundred bytes of text can require 4-6KB of vector data storage! We also dig into why RAG remains essential despite growing context windows...2025-05-0755 min
UX for AIEP. 87 - Creativity in the Age of AI: Language, Technology, and Innovation w/ Bob Van LuijtSend us a textIn this thought-provoking episode of UX for AI, host Behrad engages with Bob Van Luijt in a philosophical exploration of creativity, language, and technology in the AI era. Bob, the founder of Weaviate (a vector database company), shares insights that blend his unique background in both music and technology.The conversation begins with Bob reflecting on his identity not as a musician or coder specifically, but as someone who "likes to make stuff" - emphasizing his passion for the creative process across different domains. He discusses his TED talk about language's...2025-03-2852 min
Beyond CodingBob van Luijt's Lessons from Scaling Weaviate: Startup Growth & HiringScaling a startup is harder than it looks. From hiring and funding to execution, most founders underestimate what it really takes to grow a business.In this episode,Bob van Luijt, CEO & co-founder of Weaviate, shares hishard-earned lessons from building an AI-native database company that has scaled to100+ employees worldwide.What you’ll learn in this episode:✅ Whyyour ability to sell a vision matters more than the idea itself✅ Howopen source can fuel startup adoption before monetization✅ Thereal role of funding—why investment isborrowing from the future✅How to structure...2025-02-0557 min
Can I get that software in blue?Episode 37 | Bob van Luijt | CEO @ WeaviateEpisode #37 of "Can I get that software in blue?", a podcast by and for people engaged in technology sales. If you are in the technology presales, solution architecture, sales, support or professional services career paths then this show is for you!
Today Chad is talking with Bob van Luijt, Founder and CEO at Weaviate, the premiere Open Source Vector Database company. Their conversation is wide ranging from Bob's background studying music composition at Berklee College of Music leading him to eventually decide that he should become a tech founder, to the early days and foundations of Weaviate...2025-01-311h 34
This Week in StartupsTikTok Ban, Data Centers in Space… and What's a Vector? | E2073Today’s show: Alex sits down with two CEOs from companies freshly added to the TWIST500. We get a masterclass from Bob van Luijt of Weaviate, on vector databases helping AI and LLMs do what they do. An then Philip Johnston from Lumen Orbit explains his vision of building data centers in space!
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Alex kicks off the show.
(0:58) Supreme Court ruling on TikTok and key market numbers
(3:49) Interview introduction with Weaviate and Lumen Orbit CEOs
(4:06) Deep dive into vector databases with Weaviate's Bob van Luijt.
(8:23) Lemon. TWiST listeners get 15% off your first 4 we...2025-01-171h 02Weaviate PodcastGoogle Vertex AI RAG Engine with Lewis Liu and Bob van Luijt - Weaviate Podcast #112!Hey everyone! Thank you so much for watching the 112th episode of the Weaviate Podcast! This is another super exciting one, diving into the release of the Vertex AI RAG Engine, its integration with Weaviate and thoughts on the future of connecting AI systems with knowledge sources! The podcast begins by reflecting on Bob's experience speaking at Google in 2016 on Knowledge Graphs! This transitions into discussing the evolution of knowledge representation perspectives and things like the semantic web, ontologies, search indexes, and data warehouses. This then leads to discussing how much knowledge is encoded in the prompts themselves and...2025-01-1558 min
The Pitch Perfect PodcastWEAVIATE: Bob Van Luijt and Danel DayanWeaviate is the AI-native database for a new generation of software. Its open source vector database empowers every developer to build AI-native applications with less hallucination, data leakage, and vendor lock-in. Cofounder Bob Van Luijt joins the Pitch Perfect Podcast to share how building the Weaviate team based on kindness has been the startup’s superpower. Learn more at https://weaviate.io/.
Danel Dayan, principal at Battery Ventures, focuses on early-stage and growth-equity investments in areas such as cloud infrastructure, big data, security and next-generation, enterprise applications. Learn more at https://www.battery.com/....2025-01-0943 min
Chain of ThoughtNow is the Time to Build | Weaviate’s Bob van Luijt"This is the time. This is the time to start building... I can't say that often enough. This is the time." - Bob van Luijt
Join Bob van Luijt, CEO and co-founder of Weaviate as he sits down with our host Conor Bronson for the Season 2 premiere of Chain of Thought. Together, they explore the ever-evolving world of AI infrastructure and the evolution of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture.
Bob's journey with Weaviate offers a compelling example of how to adapt to rapid changes in the AI landscape. He discusses the importance of understanding developer needs a...2025-01-0835 min
De Grote Tech Show | BNRNationaal AI Debat 2024 (deel 3): Wetenschap en innovatie, met NVIDIA en TU/e voorafIn derde ronde van het Nationaal AI Debat 2024, dé gelegenheid in Nederland waar over de positie van die technologie gediscussieerd wordt, staat de wetenschappelijke discussie over AI centraal - en hoeveel innovatie daarmee nu nog mogelijk is - onder leiding van Joe van Burik en Ben van der Burg. Daarvóór hoor je een presentatie van Carlo Ruiz, Vice President Enterprise Solutions & Operations bij NVIDIA. Richard Zoontjens komt ook aan het woord, als Lead Supercomputing Center bij de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. In de tweede debatronde ging het eerste panel hierover in debat, met als sprek...2024-12-2355 minWeaviate PodcastAgentic RAG with Erika Cardenas - Weaviate Podcast #109!Hey everyone! Thank you so much for watching the 109th episode of the Weaviate Podcast with Erika Cardenas! Erika, in collaboration with Leonie Monigatti, have recently published "What is Agentic RAG". This blog post that was even covered in VentureBeat with additional quotes from Weaviate Co-Founder and CEO Bob van Luijt! This podcast continues the discussion on all things Agentic RAG, covering the basics of Agents, how Agentic RAG changes the game compared to Vanilla RAG systems, Multi-Agent Systems and CrewAI / OpenAI Swarm, Letta, DSPy, and many more! The podcast also anchors by discussing Agentic Generative Feedback Loops and...2024-11-1334 minChain of ThoughtGot Agents? | Weaviate, Unstructured & crewAIAI agents have quickly emerged as the next ‘hot thing’ in AI, but what constitutes an AI agent and do they live up to the hype?
Join Brian Raymond, founder & CEO at Unstructured.io, Bob van Luijt, co-founder & CEO at Weaviate, and João Moura, founder at crewAI as they discuss the shift to agentic workflows, dissect their architecture, and tackle real-world challenges in agent deployment.
From data management tips to generative feedback loops, this episode is your essential guide to operationalizing agents effectively.
Chapters:
00:00 Defining AI Agents
...2024-11-1331 min
Leading With DataFrom Traditional to AI-Native: The Next Era of Applications & Databases with Bob van Luijt ! Leading with Data Ep 47Join us as we talk with Bob van Luijt, CEO & Co-Founder of Weaviate, a rapidly growing database company pioneering AI-native applications through an open-source cloud platform. Bob is a recognized thought leader on open-source, digital technology, software business, and business philosophy.
Here’s a glimpse of what you can expect:
➡️ Bob’s inspiring journey into AI and key milestones along the way.
➡️ The inception and growth of Weaviate, along with its innovative AI use cases.
➡️ Understanding AI-native applications and databases: what they mean and how querying AI-native databases differs from traditional ones.
➡️ A deep dive into the project lifecycle at Weaviate.
➡️ Add...2024-11-1356 min
Honestquo Venture PodcastHow Bob van Luijt is Revolutionizing AI with Open-Source Vector Search Engines
What does it take to create groundbreaking technology in the AI space? Bob van Luijt, the visionary founder and CEO of Weaviate, shares how he pioneered the open-source vector search engine and shaped the future of data search. Dive into his journey from a new media artist to a leading technologist, and discover the challenges and triumphs of building innovative infrastructure software. Tune in for insights on AI, entrepreneurship, and the evolving tech landscape
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Software Development, Finance and AIIntroduction to Weaviate Vector Database (feat. Bob van Luijt)In this conversation, Krish Palaniappan interviews Bob van Luijt, CEO of Weaviate, about the emerging field of vector databases and their significance in AI applications. Bob explains the concept of vector embeddings, the evolution of databases from SQL to NoSQL and now to vector databases, and the unique capabilities that vector databases offer for search and recommendation systems. They discuss the importance of developer experience, community feedback, and the future of database technology in the context of AI integration.
Bob discusses the evolution of AI development, emphasizing the shift towards AI-native applications and the democratization of AI tools fo...2024-10-171h 03Weaviate PodcastAI-Native Development with Guy Podjarny and Bob van Luijt - Weaviate Podcast #102!AI is completely transforming how we build software! But how exactly? What does it mean for a software application to be AI-Native versus AI-Enabled? How many other aspects of software development and creativity are impacted by AI?
I am super excited to publish our 102nd Weaviate Podcast with Guy Podjarny and Bob van Luijt on AI-Native Development!
Guy Podjarny is a co-founder of Snyk, a remarkably successful Cybersecurity company. He is now back on the founder journey, diving into AI-Native Development with Tessl!
Guy...2024-08-1452 min
7DTV | De Podcast over OndernemenVan Jazzmuzikant tot AI-Pionier: Het Verhaal van Bob van Luijt (Weaviate)In gesprek met ondernemer Bob van Luijt die een van de succesvolste Nederlandse AI bedrijven aan het bouwen is met nu al een waarde van 200 miljoen. Hoe doet ie dat?
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In dit gesprek deelt Bob van Luijt, oprichter van Weaviate, zijn ondernemersreis en visie op AI. Hij bespreekt hoe hij vanuit een muzikaal en creatief verleden in de AI-wereld terechtkwam, de opkomst van zijn bedrijf, en de uitdagingen en kansen binnen de AI-sector. Bob benadrukt het belang van risico's nemen in ondernemerschap en deelt zijn kijk op de toekomstige impact van AI op diverse industrieën. Hij bespreek...2024-07-2350 minWeaviate PodcastGenerative UIs with Lucas Negritto and Bob van Luijt!What is an AI-native application? This has been one of the questions we are most interested in answering at Weaviate! This podcast explores this question with Weaviate Co-founder Bob van Luijt and Lucas Negritto. Formerly at OpenAI, Lucas is now building Odapt, a remarkable example of such an application where we no longer use front-end code, rather rendering the UI entirely within the generative model!! There are many interesting topics covered such as of course, firstly how this works and how you build these systems, as well as native multimodality, subjective feedback, and more! I hope you find the...2024-07-0443 min
mbanerjeepalmer+listennotes 's Listen LaterSelf-Discover DSPy with Chris Dossman - Weaviate Podcast #90! Podcast: Weaviate PodcastEpisode: Self-Discover DSPy with Chris Dossman - Weaviate Podcast #90!Pub date: 2024-03-06Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationOne of the core values of DSPy is the ability to add “reasoning modules” such as Chain-of-Thought to your LLM programs!
For example, Chain-of-Thought describes prompting the LLM with “Let’s think step by step …”. Interestingly, this meta-prompt around asking the LLM to think this way dramatically improves performance in tasks like question answering or document summarization.
Self-Discover is a meta-prompti...2024-06-291h 02
Future of Data and AIThe Future of AI: LLMs, AGI, and Beyond (Part 2)This episode features the second part of an engaging discussion between Raja Iqbal, Founder and CEO of Data Science Dojo, and Bob van Luijt, Co-founder and CEO of Weaviate, a prominent open-source vector database in the industry. Raja and Bob trace the evolution of AI over the years, the current LLM landscape, and its outlook for the future. They further dive deep into various LLM concepts such as RAG, fine-tuning, challenges in enterprise adoption, vector search, context windows, the potential of SLMs, generative feedback loop, and more. Lastly, Raja and Bob explore Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and whether it...2024-06-2148 min
Software HuddleVector Databases with Bob van LuijtToday we have Bob van Luijt, the CEO and founder of Weaviate on the show. Bob talks about building AI native applications and what that means, the role a vector database will play in the future of AI applications, and how Weaviate works under the hood.We also get into why a specialized vector database is needed versus using vectors as a feature within conventional databases. Bob van Luijt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobvanluijt/Sean on X: https://x.com/seanfalconer...2024-06-1147 minFuture of Data and AIBuilding a Multi-million Dollar AI Business - AI Founders Reveal Their Success Hacks (Part 1)This interview features Raja Iqbal, Founder and CEO of Data Science Dojo, engaging in a candid conversation with Bob van Luijt, Co-founder and CEO of Weaviate. Bob shares his journey, from early childhood and a fascination for tech to his entrepreneurial drive which eventually led to launching his own startup at a very young age. They also discuss the importance of standing out and continuously evolving and adapting in a highly competitive landscape, and the potential of AI in businesses.
But it's not all sunshine and robots. Bob and Raja also discuss the triumphs and tribulations of l...2024-05-2739 minWeaviate PodcastGoogle Cloud Marketplace with Dai Vu and Bob van Luijt - Weaviate Podcast #95!Hey everyone, thank you so much for watching the 95th Weaviate Podcast! We are beyond honored to feature Dai Vu from Google on this one, alongside Weaviate Co-Founder Bob van Luijt! This podcast dives into all things Google Cloud Marketplace and the state of AI. Beginning with the proliferation of Open-Source models and how Dai sees the evolving landscape with respect to things like Gemini Pro 1.5, Gemini Nano and Gemma, as well as the integration of 3rd party model providers such as Llama 3 on Google Cloud platforms such as Vertex AI. Bob and Dai continue to unpack the next...2024-05-0741 minWeaviate PodcastSelf-Discover DSPy with Chris Dossman - Weaviate Podcast #90!One of the core values of DSPy is the ability to add “reasoning modules” such as Chain-of-Thought to your LLM programs!
For example, Chain-of-Thought describes prompting the LLM with “Let’s think step by step …”. Interestingly, this meta-prompt around asking the LLM to think this way dramatically improves performance in tasks like question answering or document summarization.
Self-Discover is a meta-prompting technique that searches for the optimal thinking primitives to integrate into your program! For example, you could “Let’s think out of the box to arrive at a creative solution” or “Please explain your answer in 4 levels o...2024-03-061h 02
The AI Front LinesBob van Luijt, CEO and Co-Founder of Weaviate: Over $67 Million Raised to Power the Future of Vector DatabasesWelcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from the tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Bob van Luijt, CEO and Co-Founder of Weaviate, a cloud native real-time vector database that has raised over $67 Million in funding.
Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:
Early Beginnings: Bob's foray into technology began with the internet's arrival at his home, leading to his first business in web development before turning 20, showcasing his entrepreneurial spirit from a young age.
Transition to AI: Bob's career...2024-02-2227 min
Category VisionariesBob van Luijt, CEO and Co-Founder of Weaviate: Over $67 Million Raised to Power the Future of Vector DatabasesWelcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from the tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Bob van Luijt, CEO and Co-Founder of Weaviate, a cloud native real-time vector database that has raised over $67 Million in funding.
Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:
Early Beginnings: Bob's foray into technology began with the internet's arrival at his home, leading to his first business in web development before turning 20, showcasing his entrepreneurial spirit from a young age.
Transition to AI: Bob's career took a si...2024-02-2227 minCategory VisionariesBob van Luijt, CEO and Co-Founder of Weaviate: Over $67 Million Raised to Power the Future of Vector DatabasesWelcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from the tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Bob van Luijt, CEO and Co-Founder of Weaviate, a cloud native real-time vector database that has raised over $67 Million in funding.
Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:
Early Beginnings: Bob's foray into technology began with the internet's arrival at his home, leading to his first business in web development before turning 20, showcasing his entrepreneurial spirit from a young age.
Transition to AI: Bob's career took a si...2024-02-2227 min
The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckVector Databases and the Future of AI-Native Applications with Weaviate’s CEO Bob van LuijtIn this episode, we sat down with Bob van Luijt (https://twitter.com/bobvanluijt), the CEO of Weaviate, diving into the cutting-edge world of vector databases and their role in the AI revolution.Weaviate is an open source, AI-native vector database that helps developers create intuitive and reliable AI-powered applications. Weaviate sets itself apart with its vector search engine that integrates machine learning directly into its core, enabling more nuanced and context-aware search capabilities for AI-driven applications.This conversation explores vector databases (the core infrastructure behind generative models), the...2024-02-1532 minWeaviate PodcastOpen-Source AI with Vinod Valloppillil and Bob van Luijt - Weaviate Podcast #86!Hey everyone! We are super excited to publish this podcast with Vinod Valloppillil and Bob van Luijt on Open-Source AI and future directions for RAG! The podcast begins by discussing Vinod's "Halloween Documents", a series of internal strategy writings at Microsoft related to the open-source software movement! The conversation continues to discuss the current state of Open-Source in AI. One of the major points Bob has been making about the business of AI models is that the models themselves are *stateless*, akin to an MP3 file. Vinod pushes back a bit on this definition and jointly it is then...2024-01-2355 min
The Analytics ShowE137 - Bob van Luijt - Disrupting Giants: Building Open-Source Platforms & CommunitiesDon't be afraid of giants.
At some point, they have to sleep.
In this episode, we chat with Bob van Luijt, diving into his journey of facing challenges, conquering obstacles, and finding success.
Let's get started on a conversation that's all about building open-source platforms, communities, and disrupting tech giants.
Meet Bob van Luijt
Bob’s Role as an AI Leader at Weaviate
Bob van Luijt is the CEO and Co-founder of We...2024-01-211h 16
The Artificial Intelligence Podcast#28 - Bob van Luijt, CEO of WeaviateDiscover the world of vector databases with Bob van Luijt, CEO of Weaviate. In this engaging exploration, uncover the unique benefits of vector databases in comparison to traditional databases, and their impact on generative AI and data management. Ideal for both tech enthusiasts and professionals, this insightful discussion dives into the ways vector databases are revolutionizing data handling and contributing to a digitally advanced future.2024-01-0951 minWeaviate PodcastHumans and AI with John Maeda: AI-Native Databases #3Hey everyone! Thank you so much for watching the 3rd episode of the AI-Native Database series featuring John Maeda and Bob van Luijt! This one dives into how humans perceive AI, from Anthroaormorphization to Doomsday scenario thinking and how important understanding how AI actually work is to the engineering of these systems. Bob and John discuss the evolution of the design in tech report, 3 categories of design, and many others! I hope you enjoy the podcast! As always, we are more than happy to answer any questions or discuss any ideas you have about the content in the podcast!
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The Business of Open SourceThe Common Catch-22s of Open-Source Startups with Bob van LuijtBob van Luijt is the CEO and Founder of Weaviate, an open-source vector database company that helps contribute to the advancement of AI technology. Throughout this episode, Bob and I discuss the complexities of moving from an open-source project to building an open-source company, and the challenges that come with monetization strategies. Bob shares insightful anecdotes around why it’s important to be careful that you’re measuring the right things for the right reasons, and also emphasizes the importance of determining the best approach to profitability. Highlights:Intro (00:00)I introduce Bob van Luijt who is the C...2023-12-2040 min
The Connected Data PodcastInvesting in Connected Data | Panel DiscussionWhat is Connected Data, and how is it interesting from a market point of view?
Knowledge Graphs have reached peak Gartner hype. Graph data science and graph AI are the fastest growing areas in AI. Graph databases are the fastest growing category in enterprise software.
Add to this the historical foundations of graph algorithms and analytics and semantic technology, which have been invigorated and are seeing widespread adoption, and you get the burgeoning Connected Data landscape.
While there is ongoing technical innovation happening in the domain, how does this translate to market value...2023-12-041h 48
Generation AIGeneration AI Podcast Episode #4 Bob van LuijtIn this episode, we welcome Bob van Luijt, a technology entrepreneur, technologist, and new media artist from the Netherlands. He is the co-founder and CEO of Weaviate, an open-source vector database, and the chairman of the Creative Software Foundation. Bob is an active force in the AI and Vector Database community and has a front seat to the core shifts in the AI landscape.
Bob skips the tea and goes straight to soup with piping hot takes on Hybrid Search, vector database abundance, and generative feedback loops. This conversation serves as a quintessential primer...2023-11-1529 min
aiGrunn PodcastEpisode 4 – Interview with Bob van LuijtBob’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobvanluijt/Weaviate: https://weaviate.io/Music: Under K for King – Legendary aiGrunn is on November 10th, 2023 in Forum Groningen. Get the latest info at: https://aigrunn.org AI generated summary: The most exciting fact: Weaviate is an open source vector database that focuses on making vector embeddings a first-class citizen in database systems, providing developers with a […]2023-11-0548 minaiGrunn PodcastEpisode 4 – Interview with Bob van LuijtBob’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobvanluijt/Weaviate: https://weaviate.io/Music: Under K for King – Legendary aiGrunn is on November 10th, 2023 in Forum Groningen. Get the latest info at: https://aigrunn.org AI generated summary: The most exciting fact: Weaviate is an open source vector database that focuses on making vector embeddings a first-class citizen in database systems, providing developers with a […]2023-11-0548 min
The Data Stack Show159: What Is a Vector Database? Featuring Bob van Luijt of WeaviateHighlights from this week’s conversation include:How music impacted Bob’s data journey (3:16)Music’s relationship with creativity and innovation (11:38)The genesis of Weaviate and the idea of vector databases (14:09)The joy of creation (19:02)OLAP Databases (22:21)The progression of complexity in databases (24:31)Vector database (29:23)Scaling suboptimal algorithms (34:34)The future of vector space representation (35:51)Databases role in different industries (39:14)The brute force approach to discovery (45:57)Retrieval augmented generation (51:26)How generative model interacts with the database (57:55)Final thoughts and takeaways (1:03:20)The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk...2023-10-111h 08
The Data Stack ShowThe PRQL: Enhancing Search and Recommendation Systems with Vector Databases with Bob van Luijt of WeaviateIn this bonus conversation, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Bob van Luijt of Weaviate.2023-10-0905 min
Collective Intelligence Community PodcastUnstructured.io, Ex-PrimerAI, CIA - Brian Raymond | Ep 4🌟 Brian S. Raymond, Founder & CEO of unstructured.io and ex-Primer.ai & Central Intelligence Agency, joins Thomas Joshi and Pierce Kelaita for Episode 4 of the Collective Intelligence Community Podcast by The GenAI Collective!Unstructured is backed by Madrona, Bain Capital Ventures, M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund, Mango Capital, MongoDB Ventures, and Shield Capital. Notable angel investors Harrison Chase of LangChain, Bob van Luijt of Weaviate, and Josh Lefkowitz of Flashpoint.Unstructured is a trailblazing company building the first ETL platform for LLMs and boasting over 500,000 open-source downloads in its inaugural year.downloads in its inaugural year!2023-09-2448 min
DatacastEpisode 126: Vector Search Engine, Building An Open-Source Business, and Digital Technology Through The Lens of Language with Bob Van LuijtBob Van Luijt is the CEO and co-founder of Weaviate, the business created around the open-source vector database Weaviate. Besides Weaviate, Bob frequently speaks on open-source, digital technology, software business, and business philosophy. He has spoken at 100s of events on the topics mentioned above all over the world, including a TEDx talk. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit datacast.substack.com/subscribe2023-09-181h 21
ATARC Federal IT NewscastIn the Nic of Time with Special Guest Bob Van Luijt, CEO, WeaviateJoin this episode of In the Nic of Time with Special Guest Bob Van Luijt, CEO, Weaviate as they discuss the world of vectors, AI models, and the role of vector databases in connecting these models.2023-07-201h 26
DealMakers: Entrepreneur | Startups | Venture CapitalBob van Luijt On Raising $70 Million To Unleash AI’s Full Potential By Revolutionizing Generative Models With A Vector DatabaseBob van Luijt has gone from building websites in middle school to raising tens of millions of dollars for his tech startup. The venture, Weaviate, has acquired funding from top-tier investors like Index Ventures, Cortical Ventures, Zetta Venture Partners, and Battery Ventures.
2023-07-0328 minWeaviate PodcastHyperDB with John Dagdelen, Bob van Luijt, and Etienne Dilocker - Weaviate Podcast #46!Hey everyone! Thank you so much for watching the Weaviate Podcast! This is pretty novel episode featuring both Weaviate Co-Founders Bob van Luijt and Etienne Dilocker! This is also extremely novel because we are featuring a competitor vector database, HyperDB! John Dagdelen is the founder of HyperDB which is a hyper-fast local vector database for use with LLM Agents. Now accepting SAFEs at $135M cap.
HyperDB: https://github.com/jdagdelen/hyperDB
More seriously, John has produced an incredible body of research - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TiCS5FEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao. John's work on Scientific Literature...2023-05-101h 06Weaviate PodcastGenerative Feedback Loops with Bob van Luijt - Weaviate Podcast #45!Hey everyone! Thank you so much for watching the Generative Feedback Loops Podcast! We have also created a blog post and GitHub repository for more information!
Chapters
0:00 Bob the Podcast Host
1:20 Retrieval-Augmented Generation
4:10 Hallucination in LLMs
6:15 Solving Hallucination with RLHF
7:44 LLM Monster - Reasoning and Knowledge
10:12 Feedback Loops
11:00 Hands-on Code Demo
26:00 Demo Analysis from Bob and Connor
30:35 Star Wars Wes Anderson Generated Video
34:12 Multimodal Vector Databases
36:00 Speculative Design Theory
Links:
John Schulman - Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback: Progress and Challenges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhiLw5Q_UFg
Colin Nesh (HaystackUS 2023 slide deck) - Ground is NOT...2023-05-0554 min
De Top van NederlandBob van Luijt (Weaviate):'Een AI-infrastructuur bouwen doe je niet zo maar op een zaterdagmiddag'Nederlandse start-up Weaviate haalt in drie dagen ruim 50 miljoen dollar op. Weaviate is voor het durfkapitaal interessant, want het bedrijf werkt aan de infrastructuur achter programma's die werken met kunstmatige intelligentie, zoals ChatGPT. Hoe ziet de markt voor kunstmatige intelligentie eruit in de komende jaren? In ‘De Top van Nederland’ een uitgebreid gesprek met Bob van Luijt, mede-eigenaar van Weaviate. Abonneer je op de podcast Ga naar ‘De top van Nederland’ en abonneer je op de podcast, ook te beluisteren via Apple Podcast en Spotify. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf2023-04-2521 min
Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiVector databases, Vector search | Bob van Luijt, cofounder and CEO of WeaviateBob van Luijt is the cofounder and CEO of Weaviate. They build, maintain, and commercialize the open-source vector database called Weaviate. They've raised funding from amazing investors such as Index and NEA. He is the Chairman of Creative Software Foundation, a nonprofit located in The Netherlands with a sole focus on open source and creative software. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - What are vector embeddings - What's a good vector representation - What is vector search and why do we need it - What is...2023-04-2435 min
Weaviate PodcastGPT Index and Weaviate with Jerry Liu and Bob van Luijt - Weaviate Podcast #37Hey everyone! Thank you so much for watching the 37th episode of the Weaviate podcast! This episode discusses some of the ideas behind GPT Index. GPT Index presents really exciting ideas about how we use LLMs to index our data and then traverse these data structures. We began the podcast by discussing the origins of the tool and the ideas behind the Tree Index. We then discussed generalizing these trees to graphs and whether we are headed to the Knowledge Graph 2.0. Another really interesting topic we covered is the inference cost of building and traversing LLM indices like this...2023-02-2251 min
De DataloogDTL S7A4 - Open-Source als bedrijfsmodel - WeaviateSend us a textWe gaan het gesprek aan met Bob van Luijt van Weaviate. Natuurlijk praten we over de laatste ontwikkelingen binnen zijn bedrijf en de laatste innovaties in de vector-gebaseerde database Weaviate.In de basis is Weaviate gestoeld op het open-source bedrijfsmodel. Bob legt uit wat voor soorten open-source producten er zijn en welke soorten smaken er zijn voor licenties. Open-source kan een uitstekende manier om een organisatie op te bouwen waarin de snelheid van productontwikkeling een belangrijke rol speelt, net als samenwerken. Vanuit zijn ervaring geeft Bob een inkijkje in de mogelijkheden...2023-02-2040 minWeaviate PodcastLangChain and Weaviate with Harrison Chase and Bob van Luijt - Weaviate Podcast #36Hey everyone! Thank you so much for watching the 36th episode of the Weaviate podcast! This episode continues on the marriage between LLMs and Semantic Search, welcoming back Weaviate CEO and Co-Founder Bob van Luijt! Enter LangChain and its creator, Harrison Chase, providing the glue between LLMs and tools, such as semantic search. LangChain provides a set of abstractions around chaining multiple language model calls with different prompts, strategies for overcoming the 4096 token limit, and connecting LLMs with their tools. LangChain Hub is a collection of these chains if you want to check it out yourself! Huge thank you...2023-02-1547 minWeaviate PodcastBob van Luijt on Generative Search with Weaviate - Weaviate Podcast #35This podcast debuts a huge new release from Weaviate... the generate module! The generate module is a new API in Weaviate that facilitates passing YOUR data from the Weaviate database to ChatGPT. This enables ChatGPT to become knowledgeable about your particular business or interests! Here is a great snippet from Bob around the 43 minute mark that describes how this kind of LLM technology is changing the world of database technology, "Yeah so, what I’m really excited about and this is something that it’s just so funny right because if you see it, you have this huge epiphany. I’ve...2023-02-0743 minWeaviate PodcastBob van Luijt, Chris Dossman and Marco Bianco on the future of searchWeaviate Podcast #30.
Chapters
0:00 The future of search!
0:42 Welcome Marco and Chris!
4:28 Solving Hallucination with External Memory LLMs
8:16 Bob van Luijt on Weaviate and LLMs, Collaborations
14:48 What we have is not yet what the technology is capable of
16:45 Everything is Search!
18:55 The Magic of Machine Learning
20:30 Asking follow up questions
22:28 Meaning in LLMs and RLHF
27:10 How ChatGPT is Evangelizing the Technology
29:45 What is the future of search from a user perspective?
34:38 Integration with Existing Businesses
35:20 Impact on Creativity
37:37 Data Visualization from Natural Language Q...2022-12-141h 05
The Data Exchange with Ben LoricaAn open source, production grade vector search engineBob van Luijt, is CEO of SeMI Technologies, the company behind the popular vector search engine Weaviate. Bob describes their key features and core components, popular use cases, and he also provides an overview of Weaviate’s near-term roadmap. We also discuss how vector search engines compare with existing data management systems.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Android • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.2022-11-1035 min
Open||Source||DataVector Search, the AI Stack and more with Bob van LuijtThis episode features an interview with Bob van Luijt, CEO and Co-Founder of SeMI Technologies and co-creator of Weaviate, an open source vector search engine. At just 15 years of age, Bob started his own software company in the Netherlands. He went on to study music at ArtEZ University of the Arts and Berklee College of Music, and completed the Harvard Business School Program of Management Excellence. Bob is also a TedX speaker, discussing the relationship between software and language.In this episode, Sam sits down with Bob to break down vector search, the AI-first ecosystem, a...2022-06-2235 min
Open Source Startup PodcastE37: SeMI & Open-Source AI-Based Database TechnologyBob van Luijt is the Co-Founder & CEO of SeMI Technologies, the company behind the open-source project Weaviate which is a vector search engine for ML models.
Weaviate uses machine learning to vectorize (ie represent) and store data in order to more easily find answers to natural language queries.
The project has 2.5K stars on GitHub and an almost 1K person Slack community of data scientists, data engineers, and software engineers.
The company has raised over $17M from investors including NEA, Zetta, and Cortical Ventures.2022-06-0835 min
Studio ScaleupIs Weaviate de volgende Elastic? - Waarom we energie uit water moeten halenWordt AI-zoekmachine Weaviate een volgende Elastic?Silicon Valley-investeerders pompen 16 miljoen dollar in Semi Technologies, het Nederlandse bedrijf achter open source-zoekmachine Weaviate. De 'vector search' die Bob van Luijt ontwikkelt, belooft the next big thing te worden in databasetechnologie, en hij claimt een prominente plek. Dat smaakt naar meer: wordt zijn nieuwe zoekwonder de opvolger van die andere oranje unicorn Elastic?We hebben er toch genoeg te veel van: energie uit water heeft toekomstTijd voor een mooi staaltje omdenken: als we als Nederland bijna verzuipen in...2022-02-2436 min
Vector PodcastBob van Luijt (CEO, Semi) on the Weaviate vector search engine1. Layering problem: www.edge.org/conversation/sean_…-layers-of-reality2. Podcast with Etienne Dilocker (SeMI Technologies Co-Founder & CTO): www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lkanzOqhDs3. SOC2: linfordco.com/blog/soc-1-vs-soc-2-audit-reports/4. Dmitry's post on 7 Vector Databases: towardsdatascience.com/milvus-pineco…-9c65a3bd06965. Billion-Scale ANN Challenge: big-ann-benchmarks.com/index.html6. Weaviate Introduction: www.semi.technology/developers/weaviate/current/ Newsletter: www.semi.technology/newsletter/7. Use case: Scalable Knowledge Graph Search for 60+ million academic papers with Weaviate: medium.com/keenious/knowledge-…aviate-7964657ec9118. Bob's Twitter: twitter.com/bobvanluijt9. D...2021-12-231h 30
Weaviate PodcastA Vision for The Future of Vector SearchWeaviate Podcast #3. Join Connor Shorten and Bob van Luijt (SeMI Technologies) for the third Weaviate vector search engine Podcast. During the show, they will be discussing use cases, the GraphQL API, knowledge graphs, Weaviate as a product, vector search engine use cases, and a vision for the future of vector search.2021-12-201h 00
Orchestrate all the ThingsWeaviate, an open-source search engine powered by machine learning, vectors, graphs, and GraphQL. Featuring co-founder Bob van LuijtGoogle uses machine learning and graphs to deliver search results. Most search engines do not. Weaviate wants to change that.
Bob van Luijt's career in technology started at age 15, building web sites to help people sell toothbrushes online. Not many 15 year-olds do that today, and fewer still did it then. Apparently that gave van Luijt enough of a head start to arrive at the confluence of technology trends today.
Van Luijt went on to study arts, but ended up working full time in technology anyway. In 2015, when Google introduced its RankBrain Algorithm, the quality of...2021-04-071h 00
EnterpriseJoyEpisode #7 - a culture called The Lean Startup (26m)The Lean Startup, a methodology for developing products and businesses using short cycles of build-measure-learn to continuously improve. That's probably the crispiest definition one can provide but what impact does this have on products, on businesses, and more so on the culture of an organisation? A startup may embrace this methodology on day one of its conception and not even realise how its culture gets moulded by it, however more mature organisations who wish to realise the benefits of this methodology do witness a cultural change, sometimes not very successful ones. So it only seemed fair to speak with...2020-09-1325 min
De DataloogS2E11 Semi.Tech geeft ieder data-object een eigen coordinaatSend us a textVoor uitzending 11 van seizoen 2 hadden Stéphanie en Walter een uitgebreid gesprek met Bob van Luijt. Hij is de oprichter van Semi.Tech, het bedrijf achter Weaviate. En als het aan Bob ligt, is Weaviate binnen een paar jaar de nieuwe standaard voor het opslaan van data.Opschalen via Google en INGIn deze uitzending heeft Bob het uitgebreid over zijn carriere en de keuzes die hij heeft gemaakt om te komen waar hij nu staat met zijn opschalende start-up. Zo legt hij uit hoe een bezoek a...2020-04-0638 min
Bits vs Bytes029 – Building an open source knowledge graphBob van Luijt (www.bob.wtf) is the founder at SeMI (www.semi.network/), and together with his team he is creating a decentralised knowledge graph called Weaviate. They are trying to be an open alternative to existing knowledge graphs made by Google and Amazon. Enjoyed this podcast? You will also like the one with VMC.ai.2019-03-1943 minBits vs Bytes029 – Building an open source knowledge graphBob van Luijt (www.bob.wtf) is the founder at SeMI (www.semi.network/), and together with his team he is creating a decentralised knowledge graph called Weaviate. They are trying to be an open alternative to existing knowledge graphs made by Google and Amazon. Enjoyed this podcast? You will also like the one with VMC.ai.2019-03-1943 min
Bits vs Bytes029 - Building an open source decentralised knowledge graph with SeMIBob van Luijt (https://www.bob.wtf) is the founder at SeMI (https://www.semi.network/), and together with his team he is creating a decentralised knowledge graph called Weaviate. They are trying to be an open alternative to existing knowledge graphs made by Google and Amazon.
Curious to find out how they want to do this? Find out in this podcast.2019-03-1943 min
The Good, The Bad, and The InterestingBob van LuijtBob heeft een hekel aan bureaucratie. Dus daar hebben we het over. We hebben het ook over geld. Is het heel erg om minder geld te hebben? En is het erg om als professional gewoon de bus te nemen? Verder hebben we het nog over code. We vragen ons af voor wie je eigenlijk code schrijft. En we vragen ons af of mensen eigenlijk wel code moeten leren.
Als iedereen Word heeft, en Times New Roman, daar moet je daar je ontwerp mee maken
We hebben het ook nog even over boormachines. Moet je die kopen, of gewoon even lenen...2017-10-2500 minThe Good, The Bad, and The InterestingBob van LuijtMet Bob heb ik een uitgebreide mailwisseling gehouden voordat we deze podcast opnamen. Ik heb het regelmatig over middelmatigheid, en dan gebruik ik dat woord eigenlijk altijd negatief. Bob betoogde in zijn mails dat middelmatigheid juist goed is. En daar praten we dit keer over. Het blijkt een boeiend en best wel complex thema te zijn.
Ik heb er wel eens aan gedacht om een quote generator te maken voor Nederlandse Design Agencies. Te makkelijk.
Eigenlijk gaat ons gesprek over de veranderende rol van de expert in design, en dan voornamelijk in het digitale domein. Vroeger werd de designer gezien...2017-04-2200 min
Vrije GeluidenCuong Vu/Bob van Luijt/Yonga Sun, Tomatito, Sandra en Jeroen van VeenBob van Luijt (basgitaar), Cuong Vu (trompet), en Yonga Sun (drums), Flamenco gitarist Tomatito, Pianoduo Sandra en Jeroen van Veen met een deel uit Canto Ostinato Cuong Vu (trompet), Bob van Luijt (basgitaar) en Yonga Sun (drums) In 2004 hoorde de toen 18-jarige bassist Bob van Luijt de Vietnamese trompettist Cuong Vu [...]2012-02-2650 minVrije GeluidenHijaz, Reinbert de Leeuw, Square OrangeUit België de wereldfusieband Hijaz; pianist Reinbert de Leeuw; Square Orange, de band rond basgitarist Bob van Luijt “Niko Deman is een jazzpianist met een hekel aan conventies. Met zijn Griekse achtergrond voorziet hij de muziek van een mediterrane frisheid.” “Moufadhel Adhoum maakt de droge toon van de Arabische luit sappig, zijn klank [...]2011-04-1750 min