Databases in the AI Trenches

We're excited to host the September 2025 NYC PostgreSQL User Group Meetup on September 17, 2025!

Agenda:
6p - 6:30p: Food & Networking
6:30p - 7:30p: Talk: Databases in the AI Trenches

Talk: Databases in the AI Trenches

Since the creation of my presentation, Postgres and the Artificial Intelligence Landscape, artificial intelligence use has exploded, with much anticipation about its future. This talk explores many of the advances that has fueled this explosion, including multi-dimensional vectors, text embeddings, semantic/vector search, transformers, generative AI, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (rag). The talk includes semantic/vector search and rag examples. It finally covers how the valuable data stored in databases can be used to enhance AI usage.

About the Speaker:
Bruce Momjian is co-founder and core team member of the PostgreSQL Global Development Group, and has worked on PostgreSQL since 1996. He has been employed by EDB since 2006. He has spoken at many international open-source conferences and is the author of PostgreSQL: Introduction and Concepts, published by Addison-Wesley. Prior to his involvement with PostgreSQL, Bruce worked as a consultant, developing custom database applications for some of the world's largest law firms. As an academic, Bruce holds a Masters in Education, an honorary doctorate, was a high school computer science teacher, and lectures internationally.