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Manning Publications
Andrea De Mauro
Grokking AI Applications
N/A
2026
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Publisher > Manning Publications
Author > Andrea De Mauro
Title > Grokking AI Applications
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Year > 2026
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ISBN > 9781633435872
Pages > 272
Genre > Artificial-Intelligence-Ai
Language > English
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Type > RETAIL
Media > TECH
Format > .epub
Section > eBook
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Published > 2026-08
Release > 2026-09-09
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Clear, practical, and focused on getting you from basics to real-world
applications fast. Michele Pacifico, Nestl Grokking AI Applications: An
illustrated guide for programmers and other curious people shows you how to
create AI applications like chatbots, agents, and systems customized to use
your own dataeven if youve never built one before! Supporting his
explanations with graphics and using concrete examples and hands-on
implementations, author Andrea De Mauro gets you thinking about system
design and mental models rather than boilerplate code and syntax debugging.
Youll quickly focus on the right level: how to manage prompts, data, and
application components to get the results you want. Youll start with a
bare-bones chatbot, as you learn how to create good prompts and improve
accuracy using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). To help your
applications live in the real world, the book discusses how to connect them
to document collections, structured databases, and CRM tools. Youll build
on this foundation, creating your own agents and equipping them with tools
for data analysis and complex reasoning. Reviewer Julien Pohie of
Thoughtworks commented, The emphasis on multi-agent orchestration aligns
perfectly with modern engineering best practices. Step-by-step guidance,
rich diagrams, and workflow summaries help you stay oriented, even through
advanced material. To emphasize conceptual and design thinking, youll start
each project using the low-code development tool Langflow. For readers who
want to go deeper, every example also includes fully-annotated Python
implementations. Youll see the code, libraries, APIs, and data behind each
application, along with practical advice on how to deploy and monitor your
applications. Compact by design, this fast-paced book includes eight fully
illustrated chapters that build intuition through engaging, memorable, and
relatable real-world scenarios. As you read, youll experience a shift from
AI as the familiar conversational chatbot to AI as an essential part of
your application and, further, to the design of multi-agentic teams with
specialized roles and supervised coordination. And youll enjoy every page
of the journey! About the Technology About the Book What's Inside Low-code
examples using Langflow and KNIME Core mechanics of RAG, agentic
structures, and prompt engineering Practical AI projects including chatbots
and reasoning agents About the Reader For readers of all levels who want to
create AI applications. The use of visual, low-code tools makes it
accessible even to those unfamiliar with Python. About the Authors Andrea
De Mauro has two decades of experience leading Data and AI teams in global
organizations like Vodafone and Procter & Gamble. He teaches Applied AI at
Luiss University. Illustrator Ines Schweigert earned her PhD at the
Institute for Imaging and Computer Vision at RWTH Aachen University,
Germany. Quotes An essential guide for anyone looking to operationalize AI
across the business. - Guy Peri, McCormick & Company The perfect primer if
you are starting your journey in building Generative AI applications. -
John K. Thompson, Author of The Path to AGI Succeeds where many AI books
failit teaches transferable thinking, not just todays tooling. - Michael
Berthold, Data and AI strategist, author, and speaker A rare book that is
simultaneously practical, conceptually elegant, and strategically relevant.
- Nino Letteriello, FIT Academy Whether you write code or strategy, youll
come away with a working mental model and the confidence to actually build
something. - Dave Mariani, AtScale Stands out for its clarity and
pedagogical depth. - Domenico Vistocco, University of Naples Federico II
Strikes the perfect balance between theory and practice. - Shalini
Kurapati, Clearbox AI
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https://bookshop.org/p/books/grokking-ai-applications-an-illustrated-guide-
for-programmers-and-other-curious-people-andrea-de-mauro/3fbe2ba0e564449f
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