distribution · May 20, 2026
Weaviate Podcast Episode 138 Features Booking.com Platform Engineer Başak Eskili on Production-Scale Vector Search
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Connor Shorten from Weaviate hosted Weaviate Podcast Episode 138 with Başak Eskili from Booking.com on May 18, 2026. The episode details Booking.com's evaluation of Weaviate using 100 million embeddings along with filtered vector search, multi-threaded concurrency, and simultaneous read-write tests. Booking.com shifted from keyword matching to semantic retrieval and now runs a partner-to-guest messaging agent handling tens of thousands of daily exchanges with Weaviate retrieving response templates. Başak Eskili described the tool-calling architecture and human-in-the-loop design at Booking.com.
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