InEmbabelbyRod Johnson·Feb 20Agent Memory Is Not A Greenfield Problem: Ground it in your Existing DataLLMs must be grounded to avoid hallucinations and access factual content and real time data. RAG tackles one part of the problem; agent…A response icon3A response icon3
Rod Johnson·Jan 19The Power of Russian Dolls: Rethinking Tool DiscoveryTool calling is central to nearly every use of Gen AI, powering agentic RAG, exposing the functionality of existing systems and domain…A response icon4A response icon4
Rod Johnson·Jan 14Building a Chatbot with Embabel Agentic RAGIn my last blog, I covered the advantages of agentic RAG over legacy pipelines. Let’s see how to build an agentic RAG chatbot with Embabel…A response icon2A response icon2
Rod Johnson·Jan 8Rethinking RAG: Pipelines Are the Past, Agentic Is the FutureRAG is essential. It’s also hard to get right. Production RAG systems often disappoint, and the response is typically to add more and more…A response icon2A response icon2
Rod Johnson·Dec 22, 2025Embabel Year-End Update: Building The Best Agent FrameworkI’ve been quiet recently, because we’ve been focused on engineering — perfecting the Embabel API and extending the framework’s…A response icon7A response icon7
Rod Johnson·Nov 4, 2025Build Better Agents in Java vs Python: Embabel vs LangGraphMany people suffer from the misconception that Python is the natural language for building Gen AI applications, as opposed to doing data…A response icon2A response icon2
Rod Johnson·Oct 29, 2025Don’t Talk English to Your LLMJust because LLMs are eloquent in natural language doesn’t mean that we should always communicate with them in it.A response icon19A response icon19
Rod Johnson·Oct 21, 2025AI Focus Groups That Evolve Your Messaging While You SleepThe Problem with Traditional Focus Groups
Rod Johnson·Oct 9, 2025Domain Tools: Direct Access, Zero CeremonyTool calling has transformed how we use LLMs: it connects models to the real world and limits hallucination. But as teams race to turn…A response icon2A response icon2
Rod Johnson·Oct 1, 2025Build Better Agents in Java than Python: Improving on a Crew AI ExampleCrewAI has good examples. This is probably a major reason for its popularity.A response icon3A response icon3
