Evolution of Moody's Search and AI - From Legacy Systems to Cloud-Native Solutions

Explore Moody's transformative journey in search architecture during this keynote presentation from Haystack US 2024. Discover how the company transitioned from traditional SOLR servers to a cloud-native AWS OpenSearch framework, addressing high availability and scalability needs. Learn about the shift from a monolithic relevance system to a custom-designed AWS serverless relevance architecture. Gain insights into Moody's collaboration with OpenSource Connections to establish search as a platform, enhancing cross-product usability and AI integration. Understand the implementation of Quepid for analyzing search queries, user intent, and fine-tuning algorithms. Delve into Moody's Gen-AI initiatives, including semantic-based search powered by OpenSearch as a vector store, and the development of the 'Research Assistant' product. Hear from Jeremy Hudson, Managing Director of Engineering & Architecture at Moodys.com, and René Kriegler of OpenSource Connections as they discuss the evolution of search technology and its impact on delivering sophisticated, intelligent search experiences.