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Software Engineering Daily · Thursday, September 3, 2026

The value of GenAI lies in custom datasets and context, says Pinecone's Yorg Schad

Yorg Schad highlights that the primary value of Generative AI comes from combining it with custom datasets specific to a task or enterprise. He contrasts this with early discussions about fine-tuning LLMs, asserting that providing specific context is more impactful.

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I mean, for me, the value of GenAI is actually coming from by combining it with your own custom datasets, which are either specific to the task, which are specific to your enterprise, you might not want to share them for privacy reasons, or they might just be very specific to that task.
Yorg Schad
I think most value we have seen is actually giving it context and making it specific to my task.
Yorg Schad
Heard on Software Engineering Daily — “Moving Beyond RAG with Precomputed Context, published Thursday, September 3, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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The value of GenAI lies in custom datasets and context, says Pinecone's Yorg Schad — Heardvine