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AI Showcases, Typing Systems in Python, and AI Events in San Francisco!
Femke Plantinga
August 15, 2024
Hello Weaviate Community, 🤗
Whether you’re already building with Weaviate or just starting out, we have some exciting new resources to elevate your projects. The Build with Weaviate program is live, and Weaviate Showcases and Demos are now available on weaviate.io.
We’re here to make your journey smoother with the latest learning materials. Join our upcoming workshops and events to connect with peers, ask questions, and gain expert insights.
Let’s dive in!
Weaviate Showcases & Demos
We’ve recently launched the 💚 Build with Weaviate 💚 program.
Over the years, our community has shared countless incredible projects spanning various industries and use cases. We absolutely love seeing what you've built, so we've created a dedicated space to showcase all these amazing projects in one place. The best part? Anyone can submit their project to be featured on weaviate.io!
But that's not all—we're here to help you gain visibility on social media too. Simply submit your project and select the "Grow with Weaviate" option. We'll provide you with resources and tips to amplify your project's online presence. 🚀
Ready to share your community or business use case? Submit it here!
We're also excited to announce the launch of the new Weaviate Demos Page! 🥳
Discover all your favorite Weaviate demos, from RAG to recommender systems, all in one place. Experiment, learn, and get inspired to build your own open source projects. We've also included helpful tutorials and blog posts to kickstart your journey. 🚀
AI data tips, tricks, and tech
How-to
✍️ Typing systems in Python by Tommy Smith and JP Hwang
Learn about the power of generics and typing systems in Python and how they can improve your codebase.
Newest AI & data technology developments
Shorts
60-second explainer videos by Femke ✨
Listen to the Weaviate podcast by Connor on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts. ✨🎧
Paper Review: Language Model Distillation
Distillation has become popular recently due to its ability to efficiently compress the knowledge of larger LLMs into smaller ones. Zain shares how it works, why it’s useful, and examples of how you can perform distillation.
Upcoming events
Online
Join this Weaviate webinar hosted by Etienne, Sebastian, and Charles to learn about AI infrastructure usage trends, operating diverse use cases, and the latest Weaviate product updates.
In this webinar, you will learn about:
Take advantage of best practices for running AI applications at scale
Find the sweet spot between cost and performance with flexible tenant offloading
Bring new ideas to users faster with Weaviate's new workbench and apps like our new Recommender service
In-Person
Join Adam and the rest of the Developer Growth team—Philip, Edward, Victoria, and Femke—for these two exciting events in San Francisco. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with them! 💚
Tuesday, September 10th | AI Tools Hack Night at Github
Monday, September 9th | Pre-AI Conference Hack Day in San Francisco
Remember to check out the provided links for all the details on how to sign up. We can't wait to meet you!
Community
Weaviate Hero - Nominations are open
Our Weaviate Heroes are true role models and community superheroes.
They build amazing applications and projects using Weaviate and seek growth and new expertise in their fields every day. Moving forward, they share their knowledge and lessons learned with other community members at events, in our online forums, on social media, or at any other opportunity. They help people in the Weaviate community strive and grow and also enjoy improving Weaviate on all levels by giving feedback, participating in early adopter programs, and much more.
Are you just like that - or do you know someone who would be a perfect Weaviate Hero?
Welcoming new faces
Meet Staci Blue, who is joining us as our Event Marketing Manager.
Meet Rohan Thomas, who is joining us as our Commercial Account Executive.
Meet Thomas Maurice, who is joining us as a new Platform Engineer.
We’re hiring!
Check out our open roles:
Have a look at our career page for more roles and opportunities! ✨
Thank you for reading
Do you have any questions about Weaviate, vector databases, documentation, or other topics? Say hi at the Community Slack or join our Weaviate Forum, where you can engage in community conversations. Looking forward to your participation over the next two weeks!
Weaviate is open source. Check out our GitHub repository, and don't forget to star us while you're there. ⭐
See you in two weeks,
Femke