Agentic AI Data Architectures

About the Authors

Blaize Stewart is an experienced systems architect with a passion for building scalable, real-time solutions. From writing his first web apps in high school to developing complex applications across embedded systems, handheld devices, desktop apps, and the cloud, Blaize has continuously embraced emerging technologies. His expertise spans cloud-based architectures, IoT solutions, and real-time data streaming. With extensive hands-on experience in building globally scalable systems on Azure and integrating cutting-edge technologies like RAG architectures and vector databases, Blaize is adept at addressing the technical and business challenges of modern AI-driven data pipelines.

Ed Huang is the cofounder and CTO of PingCAP, the company behind TiDB, a widely adopted open source distributed SQL database. With over a decade of expertise in distributed systems, database architecture, and cloud computing, Ed applies his deep background in the open source community to solve the challenges of implementing distributed databases in large-scale production environments. He is passionate about streamlining software architecture and helping businesses unlock the full potential of their data.