Learn to Build Generative AI Services (Book launch)

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Join us for a special book launch workshop to celebrate the release of Building Generative AI Services with FastAPI (O’Reilly, 2025). This free live session will demonstrate how to take Generative AI projects from prototype to production with practical demonstrations and insights from the book.

In this talk, Ali Parandeh will share practical approaches to building Generative AI systems that go beyond notebooks and into real-world deployment. You’ll see how to connect AI models with databases, secure, scale and guardrail AI services, stream results to interfaces, and containerise services into scalable microservices.

This session is designed for founders, engineers, developers, and researchers who want to understand what it really takes to deploy modern AI systems at scale.

📅 Date: 1 April 2025
🕒 Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm (2 hours)
📍 Location: Microsoft Reactor London, 2 Kingdom Street Paddington London W2 6BD

We’ll cover:

• Core patterns for building AI services with FastAPI
• Securing and applying guardrails to Generative AI systems
• Connecting AI models to databases, files, and APIs
• Streaming AI outputs in real time to user interfaces
• Containerising and scaling microservices in Azure

No coding setup is required - this is a talk with live demonstrations.

✨ Special for UK participants: A limited number of signed copies of the book will be sent to a few lucky UK attendees of event.

Speaker

Ali Parandeh is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the UK Engineering Council and author of Building Generative AI Services with FastAPI (O’Reilly, 2025). With a career spanning engineering consultancy, global tech firms, and AI start-ups, he has led teams to design and deploy scalable AI-powered products across transport, finance, education, healthcare, and manufacturing.

Certified by both Microsoft (Azure Developer) and Google (Professional Data Engineer), Ali is recognised for making complex AI concepts practical and accessible. He delivers training for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and regularly speaks at industry events, where he is known for combining technical depth with engaging, real-world applications.

Agenda

• 6:30-6:35pm: Introductions & Conceptual Overview
• 6:35-7:20pm: Talk with live demos
• 7:20-7:45pm: Q&A and closing

Spaces are limited. Registration is free but required via Eventbrite to secure your seat.

You can learn more about the book at: https://buildinggenai.com