Build Your First Agent With Python**Details:** If you haven’t yet built an Agent yourself, this is for you! A hands-on workshop where you build a production-ready AI chatbot from scratch using Python, Streamlit, Claude AI, and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation).
**Speaker Bio:** Gus Cavanaugh is a former strategy consultant turned GTM leader in data and analytics. He teaches Python, data, and AI through local meetups and enjoys helping others get hands-on with modern tools.
He lives in Winston-Salem with his family and starts most days at 6am in the gym.
**Audience Takeaway:** By the end of this workshop, you'll have created:
* ✅ AI-powered chatbot that answers questions about uploaded documents
* ✅ RAG implementation with vector search and semantic retrieval
* ✅ Web search integration for current information
* ✅ Professional web interface using Streamlit
* ✅ Cloud-deployed application that runs immediately
* ✅ Portfolio-ready code you can customize and share
No AI experience required. No local installation needed. Everything runs in the cloud.
**Zoom: This is a *hybrid* event. To attend online, join us on Zoom here at 6pm:**
https://iit-edu.zoom.us/j/89379230295?pwd=NdETyE5sdYuSrvsrBZXSBFkUESBVkg.1
Meeting ID: 893 7923 0295
Passcode: 5t5WYn
**Sponsor:** **[AlphaSense](https://www.tegus.com) will provide the meeting site, as well as pizza and soft drinks for the onsite participants.**
* **Address:** 200 N. LaSalle Street. Suite 1100. Chicago, IL 60601
* **AlphaSense's Overview:** The world’s most sophisticated companies rely on AlphaSense to remove uncertainty from decision-making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, AlphaSense delivers insights that matter from content you can trust. Our universe of public and private content includes equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients’ own research content.
* The acquisition of Tegus by AlphaSense in 2024 advances our shared mission to empower professionals to make smarter decisions through AI-driven market intelligence. Together, AlphaSense and Tegus will accelerate growth, innovation, and content expansion, with complementary product and content capabilities that enable users to unearth even more comprehensive insights from thousands of content sets. Our platform is trusted by over 6,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. Founded in 2011, AlphaSense is headquartered in New York City with more than 2,000 employees across the globe and offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, Singapore, Canada, and Ireland.
* **Logistics**: To access the Tegus by AlphaSense building, we require **first and last names** of those who RSVP'd by Apr 15. Attendees will then present their **IDs** when they arrive at the front desk (right when they enter the building). They will be sent up in the elevator to the 11th floor where we will be.