LlamaIndex Newsletter 2025-06-03

Hi there, Lofty Llama Luminaries! 🦙

Welcome to this week's edition of the LlamaIndex newsletter! We have some exciting updates, including on the future of RAG, our sponsorship of the upcoming Gradio Agents & MCP Hackathon, and new features in LlamaCloud. Dive in to explore these highlights and more!

🤩 The Highlights:

• RAG is Dead, Long Live Agentic Retrieval!
  Discover how we've evolved from naive RAG systems to fully agentic strategies in LlamaCloud. This blog post explains how to intelligently query multiple knowledge bases with just a few lines of code. Read more.
• New OpenAI Responses API Features:
  LlamaIndex now supports exciting new features from OpenAI, including remote MCP server calls, code interpreters, and image generation with streaming. Learn more.
• Gradio Agents & MCP Hackathon:
  We're proud to sponsor the largest MCP and AI agent development event of 2025! Join us from June 2-8, 2025, for a chance to win over $400K in API credits and cash prizes. Register now.

☁️ LlamaCloud & LlamaParse:

• Enhanced Structured Output Support:
  LlamaIndex now supports new structured output types from OpenAI, including arrays, enums, and string constraint fields. Check it out.
• LlamaParse with Sonnet 4.0:
  Utilize the latest LLMs for parsing complex documents with LlamaParse, now supporting Sonnet 4.0 in agent and LVM modes. Sign up here.

🏗️ Framework:

• Custom Multimodal Embedder Guide:
  Learn how to create a custom embedder for LlamaIndex that supports AWS Titan Multimodal, integrating text and image queries. Explore the guide.
• Image Generation Agent:
  Check out our open-source project that automates the image generation process using OpenAI's API and Google Gemini's capabilities. Get started.

🌐 Community:

• Join Us at the AI Engineer World Fair:
  Meet our team in San Francisco from June 3-5, where @jerryjliu0 will speak on building AI agents that automate knowledge work. Book a meeting.
• 12 Factor Agents:
  We released an interactive guide highlighting the principles for building effective AI agents. Check it out.

Thank you for being a part of the LlamaIndex community! We’re excited to see what you create with our tools and resources. Stay tuned for more updates, and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter for the latest news!

Best,
The LlamaIndex Team