Maarten Grootendorst
Psychologist turned AI engineer, creator of BERTopic, and co-author of "Hands-On Large Language Models" with Jay Alammar.
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Jul 9, 2025 • 1h 5min
Agentic Topic Modeling with Maarten Grootendorst - Weaviate Podcast #126!
Maarten Grootendorst, a psychologist turned AI engineer known for creating BERTopic, dives into the exciting world of agentic topic modeling. He discusses how large language models (LLMs) are revolutionizing the way we extract and categorize topics from complex data. The conversation highlights the challenges of traditional vs. LLM-driven methods and the critical role of human feedback. Maarten also emphasizes the importance of modularity in BERTopic, allowing for adaptive and efficient topic exploration tailored to user needs.
Jan 9, 2023 • 1h 8min
Maarten Grootendorst: BERTopic, Data Science, Psychology | Learning from Machine Learning #1
Maarten Grootendorst, data scientist and expert in BERTopic, discusses his transition from psychology to machine learning, the appeal of machine learning and its applications, creating a strong foundation with BERTopic for topic modeling and trend analysis, trade-offs and intuitive design in API design, the future direction of BERTopic including integrating images and sound, differentiating between large language models and AGI, and finding inspiration in the field by combining different strengths.
