GenAI in Financial Services - Tech Architect Podcast #1

Architecting Intelligence Podcast - Episode 1

Guest: Viraj Padte, Solutions Architect at AWS

Welcome to the first episode of the Architecting Intelligence podcast! In this episode, we have a special guest, Viraj Padte, a Solutions Architect at AWS, to discuss the GenAI tech stack, implementations, and more.

Episode Highlights

**Introduction to the Podcast**: Architecting Intelligence podcast is a show for down-to-earth technical conversations about how engineering teams deploy and scale Generative AI applications at work and in their personal lives.

**Use-Cases and Projects**: Viraj discusses various use-cases he has worked on with customers in the financial services domain, including user onboarding, reports and summarization, trends, and more.
**Customer Insights**: An interesting use-case where GenAI models are used to simulate interactions with angry customers to train customer service agents.


Key Discussion Points

**Modernization of Data Strategy**: Foundational steps to start with before jumping into GenAI.
**GenAI Security**: Importance of security in GenAI to prevent issues like model hallucinations.
**Training and Upskilling**: Essential for leveraging GenAI effectively.
**Platform Capabilities**: Flexibility, accessibility, and the ability to incorporate fine-tuning and evaluation.
**VectorDB**: Discussion on whether VectorDB is treated as a commodity by customers and the deeper aspects of RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), such as tenancy and speed.

Personal Insights
Viraj shares his excitement about the future of GenAI and what he looks forward to in the next three years.

Closing Thoughts
This conversation with Viraj Padte is part of a new podcast experiment focused on GenAI and enterprise tech. Stay tuned for more insightful discussions!


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