PyData Amsterdam 2026

Maarten Grootendorst

Maarten Grootendorst is a Developer Relations Engineer at Google DeepMind and the creator of popular open-source tools, including BERTopic and KeyBERT. Drawing on three master's degrees across psychology and data science, his technical writing breaks down complex AI concepts for millions of readers globally. He is also the co-author of the best-selling Hands-On Large Language Models and the upcoming An Illustrated Guide to AI Agents.


Session

09-10
09:30
50min
From LLMs to Agents and from words to actions
Maarten Grootendorst, Jay Alammar

The title is self-explanatory but we will cover this transition to the realm of Agents and how actions speak louder than words.

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