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Akash
Sharma
CEO & Founder
Vellum
Akash Sharma, CEO and co-founder at Vellum (YC-backed dev tools startup) is enabling developers to easily start, develop and evaluate LLM powered apps. By talking to over 1,500 people at varying maturities of using LLMs in production, he has acquired a very unique understanding of the landscape, and is actively distilling his learnings with the broader LLM community. Before starting Vellum, Akash completed his undergrad at the University of California, Berkeley, then spent 5 years at McKinsey's Silicon Valley Office.
20 November 2024 14:30 - 15:00
Building advanced AI systems: Common challenges & best practices
This presentation outlines techniques for developing advanced AI systems, focusing on common challenges and best practices. We cover the AI Test Driven Product Development Lifecycle (experiment - evaluate - deploy - monitor), emphasizing experimentation with prompting techniques, testing various architectures, and maintaining a model agnostic approach. The presentation also explores the emerging paradigm of Agentic Workflows, detailing components such as planning, execution, refinement, and interface design. Key takeaways include identifying low-risk use cases, iterating on models and prompting techniques, implementing robust evaluation methods, and maintaining quality through continuous monitoring and edge case identification.