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Nolan and Malini join Shaown Nandi, AWS Director of AGS Technology and Subhash Vanga, Director of Solutions Architecture. They recap re:Invent 2025 announcements and discuss how AI and new technology is continuing to drive individual and organizational change for everyone.
Top re:Invent 2025 Announcements
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2025/
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mindbodygreen has built a global reputation as a go-to destination for wellness — combining expert content, functional nutrition supplements, and a thriving community to help millions live healthier, more balanced lives. But behind the scenes, this SMB is also leaning into the future of technology.
In this episode of The Future Of Wellness, Powered by Gen AI , Tim Glenister shares how mindbodygreen is moving Generative AI into production to streamline content creation, personalize customer experiences, and scale their mission in entirely new ways. We dig into the why, the how, and the lessons learned — plus what the future of AI means for the wellness industry and other SMBs looking to innovate.If you’re curious about the intersection of wellness, media, and AI, or looking for practical inspiration on how smaller businesses can punch above their weight with Gen AI, this conversation is one you won’t want to miss.
Visit mindbodygreen : https://www.mindbodygreen.com/
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Data Infrastructure built for humans over the past few decades aren't ideal for AI Agents. In this episode we join Tacnode founder and CEO Xiaowei Jiang to discuss "Context Lakes" - Data Infrastructure built to provide the context, scale and performance needed by AI Agents.
Learn more about Tacnode Context Lake:
Tacnode Context Lake on AWS:
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/apn/powering-real-time-ai-with-tacnode-context-lake-on-aws/
Tacnode on AWS Marketplace:
https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=seller-cchnpb2cfdvoq
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AI Assistants have changed the way we live and work, and they continue to evolve. In this episode, we are joined by Art Chan, Worldwide Gen AI Specialist at AWS to talk about the unique goals and requirements businesses have when it comes to AI Assistants. We discuss they are changing the way we work as well as unexpected ways people are using this new technology. We then dive into Amazon Quick Suite, an AI powered workplace that connects employees to a wide range of data to help find answers and insights while maintaining security and privacy.
For more on Amazon Quick Suite:
https://aws.amazon.com/quicksuite/
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In this episode, we explore how TileDB, an innovative data system originally developed at MIT and Intel Labs, is revolutionizing healthcare and life sciences data management. We'll dive deep into how TileDB's universal data engine efficiently handles complex scientific data - from genomic sequences to medical imaging - in a unified format, and learn how healthcare organizations can leverage TileDB on AWS to accelerate research, improve collaboration, and reduce infrastructure costs. Join host AWS Solutions Architect for HCLS Gokhul Srinivasan and guest Devika Garg form TileDB as they discuss real-world applications in precision medicine, genomic analysis, and how TileDB is transforming the way healthcare providers manage and analyze patient data.
To Learn More:
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AI can still sometimes hallucinate and give less than optimal answers. To address this, we are joined by Arize AI’s Co-Founder a Aparna Dhinakaran for a discussion on Observability and Evaluation for AI. We begin by discussing the challenges AI Observability and Evaluation. For example, how does “LLM as a Judge” work? We conclude with some valuable advice from Aparna for first time entrepreneurs.
Begin Observing and Evaluating your AI Applications with Open Source Phoenix:
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In this episode we are going to discuss Model Context Protocol (MCP) in context of Agentic architecture with Mona - Gen AI Specialist Solutions Architect at AWS.
We will cover the challenges of implementing Agents and how MCP can help. We will try to simplify it with an example of MCP with Agents and further delve deep into LangGraph adapters such as FastMCP and FastAPI.
You will also learn about implementing MCP architecture on AWS.
Apart from her daily job, Mona has published two books Natural Language Processing with AWS AI Services: Derive strategic insights from unstructured data with Amazon Textract and Amazon Comprehend and Google Cloud Certified Professional Machine Learning Study Guide. She has authored multiple on AI/ML and cloud technology and a co-author on a research paper on CORD19 Neural Search. She is also a frequent speaker at multiple conferences such as ISMB 2022, AWS Re:Invent.
Links https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Language-Processing-AWS-Services/dp/1801812535
Blog - Implement MCP in SageMaker AI https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/extend-large-language-models-powered-by-amazon-sagemaker-ai-using-model-context-protocol/
Blog - Implement MCP with Bedrock Agents https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/harness-the-power-of-mcp-servers-with-amazon-bedrock-agents/
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Join Jobi George and Tony Le from Weaviate as we discuss how their AI Native Vector Database is powering modern AI applications. We begin with an intro to Vector Databases followed by common use cases, and how they fit into Agentic Workflows. We also talk about the advantages of using an AI Native Database from the Open Source community.
To learn more:
Website - www.weaviate.io
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/weaviate-io/
AWS Marketplace - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=seller-jxgfug62rvpxs
Developer Community - https://weaviate.io/developers/weaviate/model-providers/aws
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/weaviate.io/
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@Weaviate
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Join Julien Simon, Chief Evangelist of Arcee AI, as we discuss how Model Merging can help us build more versatile and cost effective AI models. Hear him explain the different methods for Model Merging while comparing it with other techniques for building better models such as Model Distillation and Transfer Learning.
To learn more about Model Merging:
Arcee AI Website
Arcee’s MergeKit: A Toolkit for Merging Large Language Models
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13257
Deep dive: model merging on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/cvOpX75Kz4M?si=nT2U7Fe8oLNRSy0u
Try MergeKit:
https://github.com/arcee-ai/mergekit
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Your AI is only as good as the data its trained on. In this episode we talk to Krishna Subramaniam, Co-Founder and President of Komprise, a provider of intelligent Data Management. We discuss both the importance and challenge of unlocking the value unstructured data for AI pipelines.
For more info on Komprise’s Intelligent Data Management Platform:
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