

AI Collective x SupportVectors - 🤖 RAG to Riches
🚀 Ready to build the future of intelligent search?
Join us for an exclusive half-day workshop on Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) — right in the heart of the Bay Area’s booming AI scene!
Whether you're:
🎓 A curious student stepping into the world of RAG
💼 A business professional looking to pivot into AI
🔬 A researcher exploring practical implementations
🛠️ An experienced engineer seeking a hands-on refresher
🚀 A product builder eager to prototype smarter search systems
🤝 Or simply someone excited to collaborate and learn in a buzzing AI community.
This hands-on crash course will take you from 0 to RAG in just one morning. You’ll not only learn what makes today’s smartest AI apps tick — you’ll build your own RAG project with expert guidance (no prior ML experience needed!).
💡 About SupportVectors
SupportVectors, founded by Prof. Asif Qamar in Fremont, California, is where cutting-edge AI technologies come alive. Here, education isn’t just hands-on — it’s a story-driven journey into the vast, fascinating world of artificial intelligence.
📋 Workshop Agenda
🕘 9:00 Registration + Breakfast
💻 9:30 Setup: UV & Project Kickoff
⚡ 10:00 Quick Start with RAG
🔍 10:15 Understanding Core RAG Components
🧩 10:45 Exploring Embeddings
✂️ 11:15 Chunking Techniques
☕ 11:30 Break + Recharge
🤖 12:00 Agentic RAG + Guardrails
🤝 12:30 Networking + Wrap-up
🌟 Why Attend?
This is more than just a workshop — it’s your chance to get hands-on with the future of AI, connect with a passionate community, and walk away with the know-how to build next-gen intelligent applications. You’ll join an electrifying, grassroots community of builders shaping the future of AI.
⚠️ Please note: Space is extremely limited, and we can’t guarantee a spot for everyone. If you aren’t accepted this time, we still encourage you to keep applying — we deeply appreciate your interest and can’t wait to welcome you at a future event!
Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!
The AI Collective is a non-profit, grassroots community uniting 70,000+ pioneers – founders, researchers, operators, and investors – exploring the frontier of AI in major tech hubs worldwide. Through events, workshops, and community-led research, we empower the AI ecosystem to collaboratively steer AI's future toward trust, openness, and human flourishing.
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