I recently presented “Building Real-Time Voice AI: From Pipelines to Conversations” at the Nashua Cloud .NET User Group, where we explored how Voice AI is evolving beyond rigid pipelines like Speech → Text → LLM → Text → Speech. Traditional approaches introduce latency, break conversational flow, and make interactions feel unnatural. With the rise of […]
Building AI Agents with the Microsoft Agent Framework (#NashuaUG)
I recently presented “Building AI Agents with the Microsoft Agent Framework” at the Nashua Cloud .NET User Group, where we explored how AI systems are evolving from simple prompt-response interactions into fully agentic architectures. The session focused on building intelligent agents with memory, tools, orchestration, and multi-agent collaboration using the Microsoft Agent Framework, which brings […]
Guardrails in Action: Ensuring Safe AI (#BCC39)
At Boston Code Camp 39, I presented “Guardrails in Action: Ensuring Safe AI with Azure AI Content Safety,” a practical look at why modern AI needs strong guardrails before it ever reaches production. AI is mighty, but without safeguards, it can hallucinate, leak copyrighted or sensitive content, and fall for prompt-injection tricks. The session showed […]
Guardrails in Action: Ensuring Safe AI with Azure AI Content Safety
This week at the Nashua Cloud .NET User Group, I had the opportunity to present “Guardrails in Action: Ensuring Safe AI with Azure AI Content Safety.” With AI adoption accelerating across every industry, one theme continues to rise above all others: AI must be safe, reliable, and aligned with real-world responsibility standards. The session walked […]
Connecting Multi-Cloud AI Agents with Semantic Kernel
At our recent Nashua Cloud .NET User Group meetup, I delivered a session titled “Connecting Multi-Cloud AI Agents with Semantic Kernel,” exploring how organizations can orchestrate intelligent agents across Microsoft, AWS, and Google ecosystems. As AI adoption accelerates, enterprises increasingly need interoperability, portability, and flexible agent orchestration—and this session focused on exactly how to achieve […]
AgentCon Boston Workshop: Building Actionable AI Agents with Azure AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel & LangChain
At AgentCon Boston, I delivered a packed 2-hour hands-on workshop—so full we needed overflow seating—focused on building real, production-ready AI agents using Azure AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel, and LangChain. To ensure everyone could follow along without setup issues, attendees were provided pre-configured Windows VMs, each loaded with the required SDKs, repo, tools, and environment variables. […]
Building Enterprise AI Agents using Azure AI Search
At the Nashua Cloud .NET User Group meetup and Dev Boston User Group, I delivered a session titled “Building Enterprise Agents using Azure AI Search,” focusing on how modern enterprises can go beyond basic RAG and build knowledgeable, secure, multi-source AI agents. The talk centered on the evolution from simple search pipelines to agentic retrieval, […]
Transforming the Web with Natural Language: My NLWeb Presentation at Nashua CLOUD .NET & DevBoston
On a mission to make the web more intelligent and human-friendly, I recently had the opportunity to present and host a session at our joint Nashua CLOUD .NET and DevBoston meetup groups, introducing an exciting open-source initiative from Microsoft: NLWeb. Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/x_4gbzUrW0s View the slides on SlideShare: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/transform-any-website-into-a-conversational-experience-with-nlweb/281034902 What Is NLWeb? NLWeb (Natural […]
Boston Azure AI Meetup Recap – NLWeb and What’s New in Azure AI Search from Build 2025
I had the pleasure of being one of the four panelists at the recent Boston Azure AI Meetup (Virtual), where we discussed key takeaways from Microsoft Build 2025. My focus areas were NLWeb and the latest innovations in Azure AI Search. Introducing NLWeb NLWeb is a powerful open-source project by Microsoft that brings the capabilities […]
Recap: Global Azure 2025 – Nashua, NH (Virtual Event)
On Saturday, May 10, 2025, the Nashua Cloud .NET User Group proudly hosted a virtual edition of Global Azure 2025, co-organized by myself (Udai Ramachandran) and Dan Colón. As part of the global Azure celebration, our local event brought together developers, architects, and cloud enthusiasts to learn, connect, and explore the latest Microsoft Azure technologies. […]