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EPISODE · May 21, 2026 · 1H 1M

Jerry Liu, LlamaIndex CEO on Building Agentic AI Data Systems

from Venture with Grace · host Grace Gong

Jerry Liu is the Co-Founder & CEO of LlamaIndex, the AI infrastructure company building tools that help developers connect LLMs with enterprise data, documents, and knowledge systems. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers.AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius.com or nebius.com/startups to learn more~~~~~~~~~~~~~Under his leadership, LlamaIndex has become a leading framework for retrieval, agentic workflows, and production AI applications, including LlamaParse, its advanced document parsing and OCR platform for transforming complex enterprise files into LLM-ready context. Prior to founding LlamaIndex, Jerry was a Machine Learning Engineering Manager at Robust Intelligence and a Research Scientist at Uber AI, following earlier machine learning roles at Quora and Two Sigma. With a background spanning applied AI research, ML systems, and developer infrastructure, Jerry focuses on enabling reliable, scalable AI agents powered by real-world enterprise data.TopicsHow LlamaParse achieves agentic OCR for complex enterprise documents at scaleBuilding LlamaIndex from open-source RAG framework to enterprise AI platformUber AI residency to LlamaIndex CEO: document intelligence for LLMs journey #AI #LlamaIndex #AgenticAI #MachineLearning #DeveloperTools #LLMs #Startups

Jerry Liu is the Co-Founder & CEO of LlamaIndex, the AI infrastructure company building tools that help developers connect LLMs with enterprise data, documents, and knowledge systems. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers.AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius.com or nebius.com/startups to learn more~~~~~~~~~~~~~Under his leadership, LlamaIndex has become a leading framework for retrieval, agentic workflows, and production AI applications, including LlamaParse, its advanced document parsing and OCR platform for transforming complex enterprise files into LLM-ready context. Prior to founding LlamaIndex, Jerry was a Machine Learning Engineering Manager at Robust Intelligence and a Research Scientist at Uber AI, following earlier machine learning roles at Quora and Two Sigma. With a background spanning applied AI research, ML systems, and developer infrastructure, Jerry focuses on enabling reliable, scalable AI agents powered by real-world enterprise data.TopicsHow LlamaParse achieves agentic OCR for complex enterprise documents at scaleBuilding LlamaIndex from open-source RAG framework to enterprise AI platformUber AI residency to LlamaIndex CEO: document intelligence for LLMs journey #AI #LlamaIndex #AgenticAI #MachineLearning #DeveloperTools #LLMs #Startups

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