How to build an LLM judge you can trust

Hosted by Madalina Turlea and Catalina Turlea

Fri, Jul 24, 2026

12:00 PM UTC (45 minutes)

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Build and evaluate your first AI feature
Madalina Turlea and Catalina Turlea
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What you'll learn

The basic structure of an efficient LLM as a judge

Understand the building blocks and best practices for a strong LLM judge

Measure whether your judge actually agrees with you

Run your LLM judge against human-labeled examples and get a real agreement score

Validate your judge like any other AI feature

Treat the judge as something you evaluate and re-test, not something you trust blindly.

Why this topic matters

Teams reach for LLM-as-judge the moment they need judgement on the quality of their AI answers. But the judge itself is usually just another unchecked vibe check, now grading your other vibe checks at scale. If it quietly disagrees with your experts, you're automating the wrong verdict on every run. This session makes you build and stress-test a judge against your own judgement.

You'll learn from

Madalina Turlea

Co-founder @Lovelaice, 10+ years in Product

I'm co-founder of Lovelaice and a product leader with 10+ years building products across fintech, payments, and compliance. I hold a CFA charter and have led AI product development in highly regulated environments — where AI failures aren't just embarrassing, they're liabilities.

I've watched smart teams make the same mistakes: choosing models based on benchmarks that don't reflect their use case, writing prompts that work in testing but fail in production, and leaving domain experts out of the loop. These aren't edge cases — they're why 80% of AI projects underperform.

Through these failures (my own included), I developed a systematic approach to AI experimentation that puts domain expertise at the center. I teach what I've learned building Lovelaice: how to test, evaluate, and iterate on AI — before it reaches your users.

Catalina Turlea

Founder @Lovelaice

I bring over 14 years of software development expertise and a decade of startup experience to help teams build AI products that actually work. After founding my first company six years ago, I run a consultancy specializing in helping startups build MVPs, solve complex technical challenges, and integrate AI effectively.

I've seen firsthand how AI projects fail due to lack of systematic experimentation—teams treat AI like traditional software and struggle with inconsistent results. That's why I co-created Lovelace, a platform designed for non-technical professionals to experiment with AI agents systematically.

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