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Yash Thakker is a Generative AI expert with over 12 years of experience in product leadership and technical strategy. As the founder of explainx.ai, he has taught over 300,000 learners and built AI platforms serving millions of users globally. He specializes in Agentic AI, Multimodal RAG, and the intersection of LLMs with consumer hardware.

Microsoft’s generative-ai-for-beginners is a free 21-lesson course (115K+ stars). 2026 updates: Foundry Models, Responses API path, GitHub Models retirement.

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