HVTech Virtual: Understanding the AI Search Journey with Gemini & Google Maps
We are happy to introduce this month speaker Hastimal Jangid , GDE, presenting Behind the Answer: Understanding the AI Search Journey with Gemini, Google Maps & Observability
What if you need to find a coffee shop "near me" that can accommodate a group of 5 people collaborating around a large table, has reliable free Wi-Fi, and serves alternative milk options?
In the past, search engines would choke on a query with that many specific, overlapping constraints—leaving you to scroll through disjointed reviews, photo galleries, and filter menus yourself. Today, the search journey is fundamentally different. Generative models like Gemini and multimodal AI work directly with Google Maps graph data, real-time reviews, and business attributes to evaluate vibe, seating, amenities, and dietary offerings simultaneously.
Join GDG Hudson Valley and HVTech for our monthly virtual meetup as Hastimal Jangid breaks down what actually happens behind the scenes between entering a multi-layered prompt and receiving a precise, grounded recommendation.
Open Q&A and community discussion to follow.
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professionals, junior developers, tech hobbyists, and small businesses
In the past, search engines would choke on a query with that many specific, overlapping constraints—leaving you to scroll through disjointed reviews, photo galleries, and filter menus yourself. Today, the search journey is fundamentally different. Generative models like Gemini and multimodal AI work directly with Google Maps graph data, real-time reviews, and business attributes to evaluate vibe, seating, amenities, and dietary offerings simultaneously.
Join GDG Hudson Valley and HVTech for our monthly virtual meetup as Hastimal Jangid breaks down what actually happens behind the scenes between entering a multi-layered prompt and receiving a precise, grounded recommendation.
What We'll Explore:
Deconstructing Complex Queries: How modern AI handles compound requirements (group size + spatial proximity + workspace amenities + menu preferences) through query fan-out and entity resolution.
From Google Maps to Grounded Answers: How Gemini bridges unstructured review text, photo signals, and live business attributes to verify details like "big tables" and "oat/almond milk."
Observability Behind the Curtain: How engineers trace, monitor, and evaluate retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, latency, and agent decisions in production.
The New Rules of Discovery: What developers, product teams, and local businesses need to know to remain discoverable and chosen in an AI-first search landscape.
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