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

ColPali + Milvus: Redefining Document Retrieval with Vision-Language Models

When combined with Milvus's powerful vector search capabilities, ColPali becomes a practical solution for real-world document retrieval challenges.

Mar 27, 20257 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

Engineering

Milvus WebUI: A Visual Management Tool for Your Vector Database

Milvus WebUI is a built-in GUI introduced in Milvus v2.5 for system observability. WebUI comes pre-installed with your Milvus instance and offers immediate access to critical system metrics and management features.

Mar 01, 20254 min read

Engineering

Beyond PGVector: When Your Vector Database Needs a Formula 1 Upgrade

This blog explores why Postgres, with its vector search add-on, pgvector, works well for smaller projects and simpler use cases but reaches its limits for large-scale vector search.

Jan 13, 20256 min read

Engineering

Stop Waiting, Start Building: Voice Assistant With Milvus and Llama 3.2

We'll learn to build a Voice Assistant, a specialized Agentic RAG system designed for voice interactions, with Milvus, Llama 3.2, and other GenAI tools.

Nov 23, 20246 min read

Engineering

Deploying a Multimodal RAG System Using vLLM and Milvus

This blog will guide you through creating a Multimodal RAG with Milvus and vLLM.

Nov 13, 20247 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

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

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

Stephen Batifol

AI Assistant