Theo Despoudis

Theo Despoudis is a Senior Staff Software Engineer at WP Engine, where he is part of the engineering team building the next generation of AI-Powered Search products and services for thousands of customers using WordPress. He is also responsible for supporting Headless WordPress solutions on top of Next.js and React.

books by Theo Despoudis

Building AI Applications on the Web
  • MEAP began December 2024
  • Publication in Fall 2025 (estimated)
  • ISBN 9781633436084
  • 375 pages (estimated)
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white

Fully illustrated with stunning visuals and diagrams, Building AI Applications on the Web makes it easy to integrate AI features into your applications. The book introduces you to the instantly-intuitive Vercel AI SDK and LangChain.js—cutting-edge tools for building AI into web applications. You’ll create multiple working AI apps, including an interactive ChatGPT-style chatbot with streaming functionality, an AI interview assistant that can transcribe voices, and a corporate knowledge management system that utilizes RAG. Plus, you’ll maintain full control over costs, performance, and user experience for your AI apps.