The RAG Playbook: Retrieval Techniques for Production AI
Part of Global AI Builder Series: by The Gen Academy
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Hosted by Aishwarya Srinivasan & Arvind Narayan and Arjun Patel
Tue, Aug 18, 2026
12:00 AM UTC (1 hour)
Virtual (Zoom)
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Tue, Aug 18, 2026
12:00 AM UTC (1 hour)
Virtual (Zoom)
Free to join
Go deeper with a course
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What you'll learn
Design Better RAG Storage
Match Retrieval Methods to User Queries
Benchmark and Improve RAG Retrieval
Why this topic matters
You'll learn from
Aishwarya Srinivasan & Arvind Narayan
AI Engineers | Building & Teaching @ The Gen Academy
Aishwarya Srinivasan is the co-founder of The Gen Academy and one of the world's most recognized AI educators, with a community of over 1.2 million AI professionals across social platforms. Previously, she led AI Developer Relations at Fireworks AI and spent over a decade building AI products and ecosystems at Google, Microsoft, and IBM. She holds a Master's in Data Science from Columbia University. Known for breaking down complex AI concepts with clarity and honesty, Aishwarya teaches builders how to move beyond demos and develop production-ready AI systems that solve real business problems.
Arvind Narayanamurthy is the Co-founder of The Gen Academy, Previously AI Solutions Architect at Ema, and Founder of Eikos Health. He has built and deployed enterprise AI systems across Microsoft, IBM, Adobe, and high-growth startups, leading initiatives that translated machine learning into measurable business impact. Arvind holds a Master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University. His teaching focuses on first-principles thinking, practical engineering, and helping builders design, evaluate, and deploy reliable AI systems for production.
Arjun Patel
Senior Developer Advocate @Pinecone
Arjun Patel is a Senior Developer Advocate at Pinecone, where he helps developers build production-ready AI applications using vector databases, RAG, and agentic AI. He creates technical content, open source examples, and hands-on workshops that simplify complex AI concepts into practical building patterns. Before Pinecone, Arjun worked across data science and NLP, and holds a degree in Statistics from the University of Chicago