Agentic AI Hands-On in Python: MCP, CrewAI and OpenAI Agents SDK (by Jon Krohn and Ed Donner)

In this comprehensive hands-on workshop, Jon Krohn and Ed Donner introduce AI agents, including multi-agent systems. All the essential theory of agentic AI is provided alongside hands-on code demos in Python that feature the critical agent frameworks: MCP, CrewAI and the OpenAI Agents SDK. From design considerations through to practical implementation tips, by completing all four modules in this video, you will have all the knowledge and skills needed to develop and deploy your own multi-agent teams.

The four modules are:
1. Defining Agents (with OpenAI Agents SDK)
2. Designing Agents (with CrewAI)
3. Deploying Agents (with MCP)
4. The Future of Agents

The accompanying slides and code are available in GitHub: github.com/ed-donner/action

Jon Krohn is co-founder and CEO of Y Carrot, a software firm that specializes in designing and implementing agentic AI systems for enterprises. He also serves as ML Practice Fellow at Lightning AI and is the host of SuperDataScience, the data science industry’s most listened-to podcast. He wrote the book Deep Learning Illustrated, an instant #1 bestseller that was translated into seven languages. He lectures at leading universities (Columbia, NYU), keynotes at top global conferences (Web Summit, Collision) and presents content on Bloomberg TV that’s viewed by millions. Jon holds a PhD from Oxford and has been publishing on machine learning in prominent academic journals since 2010.

Ed Donner is renowned for his teaching on LLMs and agentic AI via O'Reilly and Udemy. He’s the co-founder and CTO of Nebula.io, the platform that uses generative AI and other forms of machine learning to source, understand, engage and manage talent. Previously, Ed was the founder and CEO of AI startup untapt, an Accenture Fintech Innovation Lab company that was acquired in 2020. Before that, Ed was a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase, leading a team of 300 software engineers in Risk Technology across three continents, the culmination of a 15-year technology career on Wall Street. Ed holds a patent for a deep learning matching engine issued in 2023 and a master's in physics from Oxford.

This high-quality footage was shot live during a packed house at the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) East in Boston on May 14th, 2025. The director of photography was Lucie McCormick and media editor was Mario Pombo.

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