Vertex AI RAG Engine, Agentic Workflows, and a Company Milestone

Hello Weaviate Community! πŸ€—

How’s your 2025 going so far? We've started the year with a bang and have exciting new topics to explore, from Building Agentic Workflows with Inngest to enhanced security with Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Weaviate being added to Vertex AI’s RAG engine.

Latest AI & tech insights

Explore our recent Weaviate content:

Read

  • ✍️ Building Agentic Workflows with Inngest: Automate your RAG pipelines and dive into Workflow Driven Agentic Applications that leverage Inngest and Weaviate. Read the blog

  • πŸ”– Weaviate on Vertex AI RAG Engine: Building RAG Applications on Google Cloud: Learn how to build RAG Applications on Google Cloud using the new RAG Engine on Vertex AI! Read the full blog post

  • πŸ—žοΈ Building Search APIs with Hono.js: Master modern search capabilities by building a powerful API server with Hono.js. Learn how to implement vector, hybrid, and generative search while maintaining performance and reliability. Read it now

Watch

  • πŸŽ™ Vertex AI RAG Engine with Lewis Liu and Bob van Luijt - Weaviate Podcast #112! Lewis Liu and Bob van Luijt discuss the Vertex AI RAG Engine, its integration with Weaviate, and exciting directions for the future of Google and Weaviate! Watch the full podcast

  • πŸŽ™ Morningstar Intelligence Engine with Aravind Kesiraju - Weaviate Podcast #111! Aravind Kesiraju joins the 111th episode of the Weaviate Podcast to discuss the details behind the Morningstar Intelligence Engine! Watch the full podcast

  • πŸ“Ί Now is the Time to Build with CEO Bob van Luijt: Join Bob van Luijt, CEO and co-founder of Weaviate‬ as he sits down with host Conor Bronsdon 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. Watch the full video

🎧 Tune into the Weaviate podcast on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.

Product highlights

Check out our latest product updates. Or follow along in the #announcement channel in the Weaviate Community Slack.

  • ✍️ Role Based Access Control (RBAC): Learn more about how to control access to your Weaviate instances. Check it out

Upcoming events

Join us online for expert-led AI workshops and networking events. Connect, learn, and build with the community!

Online

In-person

  • {Tech: Berlin} AI Hackathon #2 | Saturday 18 January Register here

Build with Weaviate

Are you building something cool with Weaviate? ➑️ Share it with us!

Company updates

We have had a lot of people join us recently! πŸ€— We are excited to welcome Brendan, Aaron, Madison, Elisa, Nathaniel, Dyma, Ivan, Sean, and Austin. We’re super happy to welcome them to the team.

We've hit an exciting milestone at Weaviate: the 100-people mark! πŸ₯³

As a fully remote company, our teams span the globe, and it's incredible to see talented people from all corners of the world unite behind our mission. It's truly something special!

Here's to another amazing year and reaching our next milestone. πŸ”₯

Join our team β€” We're hiring across various teams! ➑️ Check out our career page for exciting opportunities in engineering, research, and more.✨

Hungry for more?

Have a question or want to connect? Say hi in the Community Slack or join our Weaviate Forum to engage in community conversations.

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Weaviate is open source ➑️ Check our GitHub and star us while you're there. β­

See you in two weeks,

Danny