Stephen Batifol

Developer Advocate

Stephen Batifol is a Developer Advocate at Zilliz. He previously worked as a Machine Learning Engineer at Wolt, where he was working on the ML Platform and as a Data Scientist at Brevo. Stephen studied Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. He enjoys dancing and surfing.

Engineering

Local Agentic RAG with LangGraph and Llama 3.2

In this blog post, we show you how to build a RAG system using agents with LangChain/ LangGraph, Llama 3.2, and Milvus.

Jun 14, 20249 min read

Engineering

Function Calling with Ollama, Llama 3.2 and Milvus

A step-by-step guide on how to integrate Llama 3.2 with external tools like Milvus vector database and APIs to build powerful, context-aware applications.

Jul 30, 20245 min read

Engineering

Kickstart Your Local RAG Setup: A Beginner's Guide to Using Llama 3 LangChain with Ollama and Milvus

Hands on guide to build a Ollama, Llama 3, and Milvus RAG

Apr 19, 20246 min read

Company

Stephen Batifol - Why I Joined Zilliz

Stephen Batifol is the newly joined Developer Advocate at Zilliz.

Mar 06, 20242 min read

Engineering

How to Use Anthropic MCP Server with Milvus

Discover how Model Context Protocol (MCP) pairs with Milvus to eliminate AI integration hassles, enabling smarter agents with seamless data access and flexibility.

Mar 13, 20254 min read

Community

Scaling Search for AI: How Milvus Outperforms OpenSearch

Explore how Milvus matches OpenSearch in speed and scalability and surpasses it with its specialized vector search capabilities

Oct 11, 20245 min read

Engineering

ColPali: Enhanced Document Retrieval with Vision Language Models and ColBERT Embedding Strategy

ColPali is an advanced document retrieval model designed to index and retrieve information directly from the visual features of documents, particularly PDFs.

Oct 12, 20247 min read

Engineering

Using Similarity Search - How Not to Lose Meetup Content on the Internet

This tutorial walks you through using the Milvus vector database and sentence transformers to build a smart semantic search for your Meetup content.

Mar 19, 20245 min read

Engineering

Building a GraphRAG Agent With Neo4j and Milvus

In this blog post, we explain how to build a GraphRAG Agent using Neo4j and Milvus. By combining the strengths of graph databases and vector search, this agent provides accurate and relevant answers to user queries.

Sep 30, 20247 min read