Pinecone CEO Ash Ashutosh "RAG gives you zero-day knowledge."

Pinecone
291 views February 16, 2026

Do you want a nice poem, or a correct invoice? There's a big difference between a model that sounds smart and a model that is actually useful in production. On Microsoft’s @generatenowpodcast with James Caton, Pinecone CEO Ash Ashutosh breaks down why RAG is superior to fine-tuning for business applications: ⚡ Speed: Fine-tuning takes weeks; RAG is instant. 💰 Cost: Retraining is expensive; updating a vector is negligible. 📝 Traceability: Fine-tuning is a black box; RAG cites its sources. "RAG gives you zero-day knowledge." 📺 Catch the full discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8xWvZ8jTZU

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