Ines Montani 〰️
@inesmontani.bsky.social
💥 Founder & CEO @explosion.ai
👩💻 Developing spacy.io & prodi.gy
🐍 Python Software Foundation Fellow
⚡ Hacking @feministai.party
🧠 AI, Machine Learning & NLP
💼 linkedin.com/in/inesmontani
🐘 sigmoid.social/@ines
💥 explosion.ai
🌎 ines.io
👩💻 Developing spacy.io & prodi.gy
🐍 Python Software Foundation Fellow
⚡ Hacking @feministai.party
🧠 AI, Machine Learning & NLP
💼 linkedin.com/in/inesmontani
🐘 sigmoid.social/@ines
💥 explosion.ai
🌎 ines.io
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Ines Montani 〰️
@inesmontani.bsky.social
· Nov 14
With Bluesky picking up steam, here's a quick intro: I'm Ines, co-founder of @explosion-ai.bsky.social, and I work on spacy.io and prodi.gy.
I post about NLP, open source, dev tools, UX, data collection, LLMs, software & applied real-world AI beyond the hype.
👩💻 Blog: ines.io
💥 Work: explosion.ai
I post about NLP, open source, dev tools, UX, data collection, LLMs, software & applied real-world AI beyond the hype.
👩💻 Blog: ines.io
💥 Work: explosion.ai
Back from a few days in Amsterdam for PyData! Here are some of my highlights:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Back from a few days in Amsterdam for PyData! Here are some of my highlights:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
In town for PyData Amsterdam! Who will be there? 🙋♀️
Looking forward to chatting about NLP and more, some cool Feminist AI hacking and catching up with everyone. I also have some brand new and exciting dev tooling to demo for those interested ✨
Looking forward to chatting about NLP and more, some cool Feminist AI hacking and catching up with everyone. I also have some brand new and exciting dev tooling to demo for those interested ✨
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
In town for PyData Amsterdam! Who will be there? 🙋♀️
Looking forward to chatting about NLP and more, some cool Feminist AI hacking and catching up with everyone. I also have some brand new and exciting dev tooling to demo for those interested ✨
Looking forward to chatting about NLP and more, some cool Feminist AI hacking and catching up with everyone. I also have some brand new and exciting dev tooling to demo for those interested ✨
I was interviewed for a German article on it-daily about efficient AI development in industry, the role of open source, and using Generative AI to create systems and data for smaller models. Thanks Silvia for the feature!
www.it-daily.net/it-managemen...
www.it-daily.net/it-managemen...
June 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I was interviewed for a German article on it-daily about efficient AI development in industry, the role of open source, and using Generative AI to create systems and data for smaller models. Thanks Silvia for the feature!
www.it-daily.net/it-managemen...
www.it-daily.net/it-managemen...
What a great meetup! Thanks to everyone who came by yesterday for an evening of real-world AI and bullshit-free strategies for building LLM applications.
Recap and highlights: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Recap and highlights: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
June 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
What a great meetup! Thanks to everyone who came by yesterday for an evening of real-world AI and bullshit-free strategies for building LLM applications.
Recap and highlights: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Recap and highlights: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
In case you missed it, Hugo and I are hosting a meetup at Native Instruments in Berlin on Monday ✨ You can still sign up – so come hang out with us, bring your friends and chat about real-world AI.
Bonus: We'll open the floor for 5-minute lightning talks and demos!
Registration: lu.ma/d53y9p2u
Bonus: We'll open the floor for 5-minute lightning talks and demos!
Registration: lu.ma/d53y9p2u
Hi Berlin people! @hugobowne.bsky.social is in town & we're celebrating by hosting a meetup together 🎉 This one is all about building with AI & we'll also open the floor for lightning talks. If you're around, come hang out with us!
📆 June 16, 18:00
📍 Native Instruments (Kreuzberg)
🎟️ lu.ma/d53y9p2u
📆 June 16, 18:00
📍 Native Instruments (Kreuzberg)
🎟️ lu.ma/d53y9p2u
June 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In case you missed it, Hugo and I are hosting a meetup at Native Instruments in Berlin on Monday ✨ You can still sign up – so come hang out with us, bring your friends and chat about real-world AI.
Bonus: We'll open the floor for 5-minute lightning talks and demos!
Registration: lu.ma/d53y9p2u
Bonus: We'll open the floor for 5-minute lightning talks and demos!
Registration: lu.ma/d53y9p2u
Reposted by Ines Montani 〰️
Thanks engagement from @inesmontani.bsky.social at #PyDataLondon and help from @nearestnabors.com, we are launching #FeministAi #Meetup in #London, please join our next event on 9th July and follow our event calendar on Luma. Links in the comments. @feministai-ldn.bsky.social @feministai.party
June 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Thanks engagement from @inesmontani.bsky.social at #PyDataLondon and help from @nearestnabors.com, we are launching #FeministAi #Meetup in #London, please join our next event on 9th July and follow our event calendar on Luma. Links in the comments. @feministai-ldn.bsky.social @feministai.party
Reposted by Ines Montani 〰️
This year’s @pydatalondon.bsky.social hosted a small Feminist AI Lounge on the unconference track, featuring a zine making station and great discussions.
For future Feminist AI events in London, organized by the community, follow @feministai-ldn.bsky.social ⚡
feministai.party/events/2025-...
For future Feminist AI events in London, organized by the community, follow @feministai-ldn.bsky.social ⚡
feministai.party/events/2025-...
June 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This year’s @pydatalondon.bsky.social hosted a small Feminist AI Lounge on the unconference track, featuring a zine making station and great discussions.
For future Feminist AI events in London, organized by the community, follow @feministai-ldn.bsky.social ⚡
feministai.party/events/2025-...
For future Feminist AI events in London, organized by the community, follow @feministai-ldn.bsky.social ⚡
feministai.party/events/2025-...
I'm back from a busy four days in London! 💜 I had a great time at @pydatalondon.bsky.social and you can read my recap and highlights here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
June 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I'm back from a busy four days in London! 💜 I had a great time at @pydatalondon.bsky.social and you can read my recap and highlights here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Reposted by Ines Montani 〰️
At #PyData London @inesmontani.bsky.social confirms our suspicions that we should try not to work with PDFs directly. Do the expensive extraction upfront into a unified structured format and build all your analysis and #NLP components yourself so you can better modularise
@pydatalondon.bsky.social
@pydatalondon.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
At #PyData London @inesmontani.bsky.social confirms our suspicions that we should try not to work with PDFs directly. Do the expensive extraction upfront into a unified structured format and build all your analysis and #NLP components yourself so you can better modularise
@pydatalondon.bsky.social
@pydatalondon.bsky.social
Hi Berlin people! @hugobowne.bsky.social is in town & we're celebrating by hosting a meetup together 🎉 This one is all about building with AI & we'll also open the floor for lightning talks. If you're around, come hang out with us!
📆 June 16, 18:00
📍 Native Instruments (Kreuzberg)
🎟️ lu.ma/d53y9p2u
📆 June 16, 18:00
📍 Native Instruments (Kreuzberg)
🎟️ lu.ma/d53y9p2u
June 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Hi Berlin people! @hugobowne.bsky.social is in town & we're celebrating by hosting a meetup together 🎉 This one is all about building with AI & we'll also open the floor for lightning talks. If you're around, come hang out with us!
📆 June 16, 18:00
📍 Native Instruments (Kreuzberg)
🎟️ lu.ma/d53y9p2u
📆 June 16, 18:00
📍 Native Instruments (Kreuzberg)
🎟️ lu.ma/d53y9p2u
Reposted by Ines Montani 〰️
Back to streaming spaCy! Working on Python 3.13 compatibility today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgjQ...
Streaming spaCy (May 19, 2025): Working on Python 3.13 compatibility
YouTube video by Explosion
www.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Back to streaming spaCy! Working on Python 3.13 compatibility today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgjQ...
Reposted by Ines Montani 〰️
Awesome new episode with a bunch of fun and smart people:
Episode #504: Developer Trends in 2025
Featuring @foosel.net, @richcampbell.bsky.social, @calvinhp.com, @inesmontani.bsky.social, and @mkennedy.codes #python
talkpython.fm/episodes/sho...
Episode #504: Developer Trends in 2025
Featuring @foosel.net, @richcampbell.bsky.social, @calvinhp.com, @inesmontani.bsky.social, and @mkennedy.codes #python
talkpython.fm/episodes/sho...
Developer Trends in 2025
What trends and technologies should you be paying attention to today? Are there hot new database servers you should check out? Or will that just be a flash in the pan? I love these forward looking epi...
talkpython.fm
May 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Awesome new episode with a bunch of fun and smart people:
Episode #504: Developer Trends in 2025
Featuring @foosel.net, @richcampbell.bsky.social, @calvinhp.com, @inesmontani.bsky.social, and @mkennedy.codes #python
talkpython.fm/episodes/sho...
Episode #504: Developer Trends in 2025
Featuring @foosel.net, @richcampbell.bsky.social, @calvinhp.com, @inesmontani.bsky.social, and @mkennedy.codes #python
talkpython.fm/episodes/sho...
THE FEMINIST AI ZINE IS HERE 🎉 This was so much fun to make and thanks again to everyone who contributed. Here are 17 spreads full of art, creativity and oldschool DIY vibes that we created together at @pyconde.bsky.social.
speakerdeck.com/feministai/z...
speakerdeck.com/feministai/z...
April 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
THE FEMINIST AI ZINE IS HERE 🎉 This was so much fun to make and thanks again to everyone who contributed. Here are 17 spreads full of art, creativity and oldschool DIY vibes that we created together at @pyconde.bsky.social.
speakerdeck.com/feministai/z...
speakerdeck.com/feministai/z...
Another great @pyconde.bsky.social is over and I'm exhausted but happy, and feel very inspired! ⚡
Here are my personal highlights: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Here are my personal highlights: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
April 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Another great @pyconde.bsky.social is over and I'm exhausted but happy, and feel very inspired! ⚡
Here are my personal highlights: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Here are my personal highlights: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
In Darmstadt for @pyconde.bsky.social 🐍✨
Tomorrow I'll be speaking about conquering PDFs and document understanding, and Thursday I'm joining the fireside chat panel on enterprise AI & open source. And I'll be around for the @feminist-ai.bsky.social LAN Party open hours to hack LLMs. See you there!
Tomorrow I'll be speaking about conquering PDFs and document understanding, and Thursday I'm joining the fireside chat panel on enterprise AI & open source. And I'll be around for the @feminist-ai.bsky.social LAN Party open hours to hack LLMs. See you there!
April 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In Darmstadt for @pyconde.bsky.social 🐍✨
Tomorrow I'll be speaking about conquering PDFs and document understanding, and Thursday I'm joining the fireside chat panel on enterprise AI & open source. And I'll be around for the @feminist-ai.bsky.social LAN Party open hours to hack LLMs. See you there!
Tomorrow I'll be speaking about conquering PDFs and document understanding, and Thursday I'm joining the fireside chat panel on enterprise AI & open source. And I'll be around for the @feminist-ai.bsky.social LAN Party open hours to hack LLMs. See you there!
Feminist AI is coming to @pyconde.bsky.social! If you're around, drop by at any time during the open hours and join us for workshops on hacking LLMs and data development, or contribute to our DIY PyCon zine ⚡
Follow for updates: @feminist-ai.bsky.social
Details: feministai.party/events/2025-...
Follow for updates: @feminist-ai.bsky.social
Details: feministai.party/events/2025-...
April 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Feminist AI is coming to @pyconde.bsky.social! If you're around, drop by at any time during the open hours and join us for workshops on hacking LLMs and data development, or contribute to our DIY PyCon zine ⚡
Follow for updates: @feminist-ai.bsky.social
Details: feministai.party/events/2025-...
Follow for updates: @feminist-ai.bsky.social
Details: feministai.party/events/2025-...
Reposted by Ines Montani 〰️
This is another great and short read from @inesmontani.bsky.social at spaCy. It has a lot of implications for those who work in the humanities and industry.
explosion.ai/blog/modular...
#MachineLearning
explosion.ai/blog/modular...
#MachineLearning
How to advocate for modular NLP in the age of Generative AI · Explosion
With all the hype around Generative AI, many are led to believe it’s the solution to everything. So how can you, as a developer, communicate the nuances and advocate for new and modular solutions that...
explosion.ai
April 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This is another great and short read from @inesmontani.bsky.social at spaCy. It has a lot of implications for those who work in the humanities and industry.
explosion.ai/blog/modular...
#MachineLearning
explosion.ai/blog/modular...
#MachineLearning
Wrapping up my series on how to make beautiful slides for your talks and just published part 4 and 5!
🎨 Part 1: Design tips for beginners
✨ Part 2: All about aesthetics
🛠️ Part 3: Technical content
🧩 Part 4: Design elements and inspiration
💌 Part 5: Sharing your presentation
🎨 Part 1: Design tips for beginners
✨ Part 2: All about aesthetics
🛠️ Part 3: Technical content
🧩 Part 4: Design elements and inspiration
💌 Part 5: Sharing your presentation
April 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Wrapping up my series on how to make beautiful slides for your talks and just published part 4 and 5!
🎨 Part 1: Design tips for beginners
✨ Part 2: All about aesthetics
🛠️ Part 3: Technical content
🧩 Part 4: Design elements and inspiration
💌 Part 5: Sharing your presentation
🎨 Part 1: Design tips for beginners
✨ Part 2: All about aesthetics
🛠️ Part 3: Technical content
🧩 Part 4: Design elements and inspiration
💌 Part 5: Sharing your presentation
Reposted by Ines Montani 〰️
The episode is now out on youtube, coming to podcast channels in a few weeks. Great show, thanks Ines!
I'm also joining the latest episode of @mkennedy.codes's @talkpython.fm podcast later today where we look at developer trends from the Stack Overflow Survey.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VZE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VZE...
Developer Trends via the StackOverflow Survey - Talk Python Live Stream
YouTube video by Talk Python
www.youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The episode is now out on youtube, coming to podcast channels in a few weeks. Great show, thanks Ines!
Enjoying my train ride to Münster for data:unplugged!
Tomorrow I'll be speaking about real-world use cases of AI, how to navigate black-box models and why open source means that nobody can monopolize AI (unless we let them) ✊
I will be around all day, so if you're attending, come and say hi!
Tomorrow I'll be speaking about real-world use cases of AI, how to navigate black-box models and why open source means that nobody can monopolize AI (unless we let them) ✊
I will be around all day, so if you're attending, come and say hi!
April 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Enjoying my train ride to Münster for data:unplugged!
Tomorrow I'll be speaking about real-world use cases of AI, how to navigate black-box models and why open source means that nobody can monopolize AI (unless we let them) ✊
I will be around all day, so if you're attending, come and say hi!
Tomorrow I'll be speaking about real-world use cases of AI, how to navigate black-box models and why open source means that nobody can monopolize AI (unless we let them) ✊
I will be around all day, so if you're attending, come and say hi!
My friend @hugobowne.bsky.social launched new course on Building LLM Applications for Data Scientists and Software Engineers! I'll be joining for a guest lecture on human-in-the-loop development and distillation workflows.
You can get 10% off with my code + lots of perks: maven.com/hugo-stefan/...
You can get 10% off with my code + lots of perks: maven.com/hugo-stefan/...
April 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
My friend @hugobowne.bsky.social launched new course on Building LLM Applications for Data Scientists and Software Engineers! I'll be joining for a guest lecture on human-in-the-loop development and distillation workflows.
You can get 10% off with my code + lots of perks: maven.com/hugo-stefan/...
You can get 10% off with my code + lots of perks: maven.com/hugo-stefan/...
Announcing a new event initiative: Feminist AI LAN Party! Katharine and I did a pilot event last year and we're now taking it to @pyconde.bsky.social.
We've also open-sourced event kits to make it easy to host your own, including:
💣 hacking LLMs
📑 data development
✂️ zine making
feministai.party
We've also open-sourced event kits to make it easy to host your own, including:
💣 hacking LLMs
📑 data development
✂️ zine making
feministai.party
April 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Announcing a new event initiative: Feminist AI LAN Party! Katharine and I did a pilot event last year and we're now taking it to @pyconde.bsky.social.
We've also open-sourced event kits to make it easy to host your own, including:
💣 hacking LLMs
📑 data development
✂️ zine making
feministai.party
We've also open-sourced event kits to make it easy to host your own, including:
💣 hacking LLMs
📑 data development
✂️ zine making
feministai.party
I don't normally write advice columns but this question I got deserved its own post: With all the hype around Generative AI, how can you, as a developer, communicate the nuances and advocate for new and modular solutions that are better, easier and cheaper?
explosion.ai/blog/modular...
explosion.ai/blog/modular...
March 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I don't normally write advice columns but this question I got deserved its own post: With all the hype around Generative AI, how can you, as a developer, communicate the nuances and advocate for new and modular solutions that are better, easier and cheaper?
explosion.ai/blog/modular...
explosion.ai/blog/modular...
So many good events coming up this season. Here's my schedule – hope to see you there!
Apr 10: data:unplugged (Münster)
Apr 23: @pyconde.bsky.social (Darmstadt)
May 31: @pyconit.bsky.social (Bologna)
Jun 5: ECONDAT (London)
Jun 7-8: @pydatalondon.bsky.social (London)
📆 Details: explosion.ai/events
Apr 10: data:unplugged (Münster)
Apr 23: @pyconde.bsky.social (Darmstadt)
May 31: @pyconit.bsky.social (Bologna)
Jun 5: ECONDAT (London)
Jun 7-8: @pydatalondon.bsky.social (London)
📆 Details: explosion.ai/events
March 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So many good events coming up this season. Here's my schedule – hope to see you there!
Apr 10: data:unplugged (Münster)
Apr 23: @pyconde.bsky.social (Darmstadt)
May 31: @pyconit.bsky.social (Bologna)
Jun 5: ECONDAT (London)
Jun 7-8: @pydatalondon.bsky.social (London)
📆 Details: explosion.ai/events
Apr 10: data:unplugged (Münster)
Apr 23: @pyconde.bsky.social (Darmstadt)
May 31: @pyconit.bsky.social (Bologna)
Jun 5: ECONDAT (London)
Jun 7-8: @pydatalondon.bsky.social (London)
📆 Details: explosion.ai/events
TIL: Incorrect music metadata is a huge problem and is causing artists to lose millions in royalties. This disproportionaly affects independent musicians. But structured NLP can help!
explosion.ai/blog/love-wi...
explosion.ai/blog/love-wi...
March 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
TIL: Incorrect music metadata is a huge problem and is causing artists to lose millions in royalties. This disproportionaly affects independent musicians. But structured NLP can help!
explosion.ai/blog/love-wi...
explosion.ai/blog/love-wi...