David Mezzetti
Creator of TextAI and solo developer of an open-source AI orchestration library focused on local-first and small-model workflows; experienced consultant who has built models and embeddings for the biomedical domain and contributed many models to Hugging Face.
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Feb 1, 2026 • 1h 15min
EP23: Building Open Source AI Frameworks: David Mezzetti on TxtAI and Local-First AI
David Mezzetti, creator of TextAI and solo developer of an open-source AI orchestration library focused on local-first and small-model workflows. He discusses why local-first AI matters, how COVID research led to semantic search, the power of tiny models on CPU, evolving RAG and orchestration, and the trade-offs of resisting then embracing cloud APIs.
