Stanford CS153: Technology Entrepreneurship — Infra @ Scale (Winter 2025)
Stanford's CS153 Technology Entrepreneurship course, Winter 2025 edition. Instructors Michael Abbott and Anjney Midha brought in founders, CTOs, and CEOs building at the frontier of AI infrastructure — from LLM training to enterprise deployment to national-scale AI strategy. Talks held Wednesdays 12:30-2:20 PM.
- Reddit at Scale: Infrastructure, AI, and the Road to IPO — Steve Huffman
This talk, delivered by Steve Huffman, CEO and Co-Founder of Reddit, at the CS153 Infra @ Scale 2025 conference, provides a comprehensive look into the journey of one of the internet's most…
- Palantir: Building AI for Defense and Enterprise — Shyam Sankar
In this insightful talk at CS153 Infra @ Scale 2025, Shyam Sankar, CTO and Executive Vice President of Palantir, provided a comprehensive look into the foundational infrastructure and philosophical…
- Building Mistral: Open Frontier Models — Guillaume Lample
In this insightful talk from CS153 Infra @ Scale 2025, Guillaume Lample, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Mistral AI, provides a comprehensive look into the journey of building and deploying…
- Vercel and the Future of Frontend Infrastructure — Guillermo Rauch
In this insightful talk at CS153 Infra @ Scale 2025, Guillermo Rauch, CEO and Founder of Vercel, delved into the strategic evolution of Vercel's infrastructure, its unique approach to cloud…
- Saudi Arabia's National AI Strategy — Abdullah Alswaha
In an engaging and technically rich discussion at CS153 Infra @ Scale 2025, Abdullah Alswaha, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Minister of Communications and Information Technology, outlined Saudi…
- Building Cursor: AI-Native Development Tools — Sualeh Asif
In this insightful talk at CS153 Infra @ Scale 2025, Sualeh Asif, CTO and Co-Founder of Cursor, provided an unfiltered, deep dive into the formidable infrastructure powering Cursor, an AI-native…
- Thorn: AI for Child Safety at Scale — Julie Cordua
In this compelling and critically important talk, Julie Cordua, CEO of Thorn, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting children online, unveiled the staggering scale of child sexual abuse material (CSAM)…
- Okta: Identity Infrastructure for the Cloud Era — Todd McKinnon
In this insightful talk at CS153 Infra @ Scale 2025, Todd McKinnon, CEO and Co-Founder of Okta, delves into the origins of his company, the evolving landscape of identity management, and the…
- Building Anthropic: Safety-First AI at the Frontier — Ben Mann
In this insightful talk from CS153 Infra @ Scale 2025, Ben Mann, Co-Founder of Anthropic, provides a comprehensive look into the formidable engineering and safety challenges inherent in building…
- Security at Scale: Lessons from the Frontlines — Joe Sullivan
In "Security at Scale: Lessons from the Frontlines," Joe Sullivan, a veteran Chief Security Officer (CSO) who has led security initiatives at some of the world's largest technology companies, offers…