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Talk Python To MeDeveloper Trends in 2025What trends and technologies should you be paying attention to today? Are there hot new database servers you should check out? Or will that just be a flash in the pan? I love these forward looking episodes and this one is super fun. I've put together an amazing panel: Gina Häußge, Ines Montani, Richard Campbell, and Calvin Hendryx-Parker. We dive into the recent Stack Overflow Developer survey results as a sounding board for our thoughts on rising and falling trends in the Python and broader developer space.
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UNMUTE IT#69 KI ohne Ketten: Warum Open Source gegen Big Tech gewinnen kann mit Ines Montani 🎙️Open Source, LLMs & Ethik: Ines Montani über nachhaltige KI-Entwicklung In dieser Folge sprechen wir mit Ines Montani, Gründerin von Explosion, Entwicklerin von spaCy und Prodigy und überzeugte Open-Source-Verfechterin. Ines erzählt, wie sie über Webdesign und Linguistik in die KI-Welt kam und warum sie fest an die Stärke von Open Source in der AI-Entwicklung glaubt.Wir diskutieren, was nachhaltiges Machine learning bedeutet, warum kleinere Modelle oft besser sind als große LLMs, und welche Rolle Transparenz, Modularität und In-house-Lösungen spielen. Außerdem: Wo liegt die Grenze zwischen Freiheit und Verantwortung in der Open-Sou...2025-04-131h 08
Tranches de TechTranche de Techs 15 - Et le partage dans tout ça ?Nous recevons Marine SOBAS, Team Lead chez Dataiku.Intelligence Artificielle dotAI 2024 - Ines Montani - Reality is not an end-to-end prediction problemhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Y9wvGjNKw&ab_channel=dotconferences Air CanadaDSPyMeet Gordon: An AI Agent for Dockerhttps://www.docker.com/blog/meet-gordon-an-ai-agent-for-docker/https://www.docker.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/F4-Gordon-overview.pnghttps://docker.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dmVHFjQ4fZlrEOyNVIDIA Unveils Its Most Affordable Generative AI...2025-02-031h 17
Vanishing GradientsEpisode 34: The AI Revolution Will Not Be MonopolizedHugo speaks with Ines Montani and Matthew Honnibal, the creators of spaCy and founders of Explosion AI. Collectively, they've had a huge impact on the fields of industrial natural language processing (NLP), ML, and AI through their widely-used open-source library spaCy and their innovative annotation tool Prodigy. These tools have become essential for many data scientists and NLP practitioners in industry and academia alike.
In this wide-ranging discussion, we dive into:
• The evolution of applied NLP and its role in industry
• The balance between large language models and smaller, specialized models
• Human-in-the-loop distillation for cr...2024-08-221h 42
Leading With Data43: Building the Future of NLP: Insights on spaCy, Prodigy and Generative AI | Leading with Data 43𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 @ 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 👉 https://bit.ly/4bDM0ES
In our latest episode, we're excited to host Ines Montani, a developer specializing in AI and NLP technology. She is the cofounder and CEO of Explosion and a co-developer of spaCy, the leading open-source library for NLP tasks in Python, as well as Prodigy, a cutting-edge annotation tool for creating training data for machine learning models.
During our discussion, we explore:
1️⃣ The focus areas for spaCy and how it all comes together
2️⃣ Applying generative AI technologies to specific industry problems
3️⃣ Common pain points in the field
4️⃣ Challenges faced by developers
5️⃣ The future of generative AI
6️⃣ An exciting Rapid-Fire
Tune in now for a conversation that blends leadership wisdom, technological in...2024-07-1058 min
Software Engineering Radio - The Podcast for Professional Software DevelopersInes Montani on Natural Language ProcessingInes Montani, co-founder and CEO of Explosion, speaks with host Jeremy Jung about solving problems using natural language processing (NLP). They cover generative vs predictive tasks, creating a pipeline and breaking down problems, labeling examples for training, fine-tuning models, using LLMs to label data and build prototypes, and the spaCy NLP library.2024-04-091h 11Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developersInes Montani on Natural Language ProcessingInes Montani, co-founder and CEO of Explosion, speaks with host Jeremy Jung about solving problems using natural language processing (NLP). They cover generative vs predictive tasks, creating a pipeline and breaking down problems, labeling examples for training, fine-tuning models, using LLMs to label data and build prototypes, and the spaCy NLP library.2024-04-091h 11
Learning from Machine LearningInes Montani: Explosion, NLP, Generative AI, Entrepreneurship | Learning from Machine Learning #7This episode features co-founder and CEO of Explosion, Ines Montani. Listen in as we discuss the evolution of the web and machine learning, the development of SpaCy, Natural Language Processing vs. Natural Language Understanding, the misconceptions of starting a software company, and so much more! Ines is a software developer working on Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing technologies.She's the co-founder and CEO of Explosion, the company behind SpaCy, one of the leading open-source libraries for NLP in Python and Prodigy, an annotation tool to help create training data for Machine Learning Models. Ines has an...2023-10-261h 23
The Python Show18 - Natural Language Processing and Python with Ines MontaniThis week, we talk about Natural Language Processing and machine learning with our special guest, Ines Montani.Ines is the co-founder and CEO of Explosion. Links* spaCy: https://spacy.io* Prodigy: - https://prodigy.ai * Prodigy Teams (our upcoming product): https://prodigy.ai/teams* spaCy’s config system powered by Pydantic: https://explosion.ai/blog/spacy-design-concepts* Textual UI for Prodigy by Vincent Warmerdam: https://github.com/koaning/prodigy-tui* Large Language Models: From Prototype to Production (EuroPython keynote): * The Guardian case study: ht...2023-10-1133 min
Teaching PythonNLP with Ines MontaniThis episode dives into the multifaceted realm of Natural Language Processing (NLP) with a guest expert, [Ines Montani](#). The discussion revolves around the use of Python in the context of NLP, the complexities of language, the design of label schemes, and how educators and students can dive into this intriguing area. The conversation also touches on tools such as Prodigy and Spacy, as well as practical applications, including a humorous digression on the popular game, Fortnite. Teachers are encouraged to explore NLP with their students, emphasizing the importance of hands-on experience and data annotation. There's also a mention of...2023-09-091h 02
InterhacktivesModular Journalism: The new way to find stories?Newsrooms have been exploring how Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Information Extractions (IE) can modularise content as reusable elements to use for different storytelling formats and for meeting users’ needs. But what bits and pieces are worth looking at and how can journalists do that? Marieta and Laura talk to Ines Montani, founder of ExplosionAI and Anna Vissens, lead data scientist at The Guardian, to find out more about modular journalism and the importance of transparency when using AI.2023-03-1521 min
Console DevToolsData science, with Ines Montani (Explosion) - S03E06In this episode we speak to Ines Montani, co-founder and CEO of Explosion, a developer of Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing technologies. We discuss how ML and NLP work behind the scenes, how developers should think about applied NLP, the common languages and frameworks used to build ML and NLP applications, and the challenges that come with running them at scale. About Ines MontaniInes Montani is co-founder and CEO of Explosion. A software developer working on Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing technologies, her company Explosion are makers of spaCy, one of the l...2022-07-1432 minConsole DevToolsSeason 3 - Devtools InterviewsStarting with Vercel CEO, Guillermo Rauch on 9th June 2022, in season 3 of the Console DevTools Podcast we'll be speaking to 10 interesting people currently working in devtools about a specific technical topic. Upcoming guests:Dev Infra, with Guillermo Rauch (Vercel)BPF, with Liz Rice (Isovalent)OSS & Investing, with Joseph Jacks (OSS Capital)Privacy Engineering, with Cate Huston (DuckDuckGo)Security & Software Supply Chain, with Feross Aboukhadijeh (Socket)Data science, with Ines Montani (Explosion)Containers & Tests, with Sergei Egorov (Atomic Jar)VR, with Elena Kokkinara (Inflight VR)WASM, with Connor Hicks (Suborbital)Engineering Leadership, with Meri Williams (LabGenius, LeadDev & Kindred)...2022-05-2503 min
Pipeline ConversationsCreating Tools that Spark Joy with Ines MontaniOur guest this week is Ines Montani, co-founder and CEO of Explosion, a company based out of Berlin that produce tools that you probably know and love like Spacy, a Python Natural Language Processing library and Prodigy, a data annotation tool.
I've always found Ines to be personally inspiring in the work that she and her team produce as well as how they present themselves to the world, so it was a real pleasure to get to dive into the weeds as to exactly how that happens. We also discuss how NLP works in production, what reproducibility...2022-01-1343 min
Byte Into ITCalibrating the Eye of our Digital Beholders The team explore the many flaws present in machine learning and AI with Monash University Department of Neuroscience’s Dr Jarrel Seah and Ines Montani from Explosion AI & Prodigy. Featuring the latest news from the intersection of science and tech from presenters Laura, Jo and Lily.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/byte-into-itFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/3RRRFMByteIntoIT/Twitter: https://twitter.com/byteintoit2021-08-1848 min
Rasa ChatsBuilding Resilient NLP ApplicationsIn today's episode, senior technical evangelist Mady Mantha is joined by Ines Montani and Matthew Honnibal, co-founders of Explosion, a software company that specializes in developer tools for Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications, and core contributors to spaCy, an open-source software library for advanced NLP. Join in to learn about how to build resilient NLP applications, some challenges and pitfalls developers typically experience, and some ways to overcome them.
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Gradient Dissent: Conversations on AIInes & Sofie — Building Industrial-Strength NLP PipelinesSofie and Ines walk us through how the new spaCy library helps build end to end SOTA natural language processing workflows.
Ines Montani is the co-founder of Explosion AI, a digital studio specializing in tools for AI technology. She's a core developer of spaCy, one of the leading open-source libraries for Natural Language Processing in Python and Prodigy, a new data annotation tool powered by active learning. Before founding Explosion AI, she was a freelance front-end developer and strategist.
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Sofie Van Landeghem is a Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning engineer at Explosion.ai. She is...2020-10-2958 min
Software Developers Journey#122 Ines Montani brought linguistic and computers togetherWe talked about how computers increased Ines's creativity as a teen. We talked about Ines's disappointment at German university studies. We discussed the steps she took away from computer sciences, and how she ended up combining two of her passions: developing software and linguistics into one new field: computer linguistics. We finished by talking about having developers as customers and dog-feeding your own products.Here are the links of the show:https://www.twitter.com/_inesmontanihttps://explosion.aihttps://spacy.iohttps://prodi.gyhttps://ines.iohttps://ines.io/blog/how-i-started-codingCreditsMusic...2020-10-131h 01