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Ishtar AI: Production-Grade RAG + Multi-Agent Orchestration for High-Stakes Journalism

Name: Ishtar AI: Production-Grade RAG + Multi-Agent Orchestration for High-Stakes Journalism
Start: 2026-02-24T18:00:00.000-06:00
End: 2026-02-24T20:00:00.000-06:00
Location: 433 W Van Buren St

Agentic Engineering Chicago

433 W Van Buren St

Chicago, Illinois

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About Event

Join us as David Stroud, author of Advanced Large Language Model Operations – Best Practices and Key Concepts (Springer Nature, Jan 11, 2026) presents his talk "Ishtar AI: Production-Grade RAG + Multi-Agent Orchestration for High-Stakes Journalism"

In this 45-minute session, David Stroud walks through the Ishtar AI reference architecture: continuous ingestion of trusted sources, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with reranking and citation requirements, and multi-agent orchestration (summarizer → fact-checker → refiner) running on a GPU-backed inference cluster.

The talk focuses on “what it takes to ship” under real operational constraints: drift and freshness in RAG, evaluation as a deployment gate, and defense-in-depth patterns that reduce hallucinations and manage uncertainty—especially when misinformation can have severe consequences.

The Event is hosted at the Old Post Office 433 W Van Buren St. Chicago, IL 60607

Please reference our visitor guide page (https://www.notion.so/focusedlabs/Focused-Chicago-Visitor-Guide-External-fb804f764479438393f43ed5b15a441b#fb804f764479438393f43ed5b15a441b) for detailed information on how to access the building.

The event is in the Stage Coach space located on the second floor. ALL guests must register for the event in advance and will need to check in with security upon arrival.

Agenda

6:00 - 6:30 Networking and Pizza

6:30 - 7:15 Presentation

7:15 - 7:30 Q&A

7:30 - 8:00 Networking and Wrap Up

Agentic Engineering Chicago is sponsored by Focused an exclusive LangChain partner and boutique consultancy dedicated to building production-ready AI systems that work in the real world. Continue the conversation between gatherings. Join our discord (https://discord.gg/bmdwxs2Q5F)

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