Charles Pierse
Director of the Weaviate Labs team who led the GA release of the Weaviate Query Agent and speaks about its design, technical details, and real-world applications.
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Dec 18, 2024 • 1h 34min
Arctic Embed with Luke Merrick, Puxuan Yu, and Charles Pierse - Weaviate Podcast #110!
Join Luke Merrick from Snowflake, a key player in Arctic Embed development, and Charles Pierse, head of Weaviate Labs, as they dive into the intricacies of multilingual text embeddings. They explore the evolution of Arctic Embed 2.0, emphasizing its open-source nature. The conversation covers technical strategies in model training, the economics of pre-training large models, and the challenges of integrating negative examples. They discuss the delicate balance between model simplicity and nuance in retrieval, promoting collaboration to enhance search quality.
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Sep 22, 2025 • 1h 2min
Weaviate's Query Agent with Charles Pierse - Weaviate Podcast #128!
Charles Pierse, Director of Weaviate Labs, shares insights on the GA release of the Weaviate Query Agent. He discusses the journey from beta to GA, highlighting unexpected lessons and team collaborations. The conversation dives into technical aspects, including response models, citations, and how Search Mode enhances retrieval. Charles explains how the Query Agent integrates with the Cloud Console, making it intuitive for users. He also presents a compelling case study featuring MetaBuddy's innovative use of the agent for nutrition data.
