

Delta Podcast
Delta Institute
Supporting exceptional researchers/engineers, from academia to industry and beyond.
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Nov 28, 2025 • 41min
Ep. 25: Jack Morris, Meta AI Researcher and Cornell CS PhD Student
Jack Morris is a PhD Student at Cornell and a researcher at Meta AI.Delta Institute (deltainstitutes.org) is the most talent-dense community of engineers and researchers in the world. They’ve hosted events across the Bay Area, including both Stanford and Berkeley. Past event co-hosts include partners at Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz, and one of the first ten employees at Cursor. Delta Institute also hosts the Delta Podcast, a series of video interviews with top researchers/engineers in order to help share their experiences and reach a broader international audience.

Nov 28, 2025 • 22min
Ep. 24: Nicholas Boffi, CMU ML Professor
Nicholas Boffi is an assistant professor in the ML Department at Carnegie Mellon. Before coming to CMU, Nicholas got his PhD in Applied Mathematics at Harvard.Delta Institute (deltainstitutes.org) is the most talent-dense community of engineers and researchers in the world. They’ve hosted events across the Bay Area, including both Stanford and Berkeley. Past event co-hosts include partners at Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz, and one of the first ten employees at Cursor. Delta Institute also hosts the Delta Podcast, a series of video interviews with top researchers/engineers in order to help share their experiences and reach a broader international audience.

Nov 28, 2025 • 24min
Ep. 23: Ahmad Beirami, Google DeepMind Former Research Lead
Ahmad Beirami recently left DeepMind, where he led research on the next generation of post-training solutions for Gemini and AI mode. Before coming to DeepMind, he was at Google Research.Delta Institute (deltainstitutes.org) is the most talent-dense community of engineers and researchers in the world. They’ve hosted events across the Bay Area, including both Stanford and Berkeley. Past event co-hosts include partners at Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz, and one of the first ten employees at Cursor. Delta Institute also hosts the Delta Podcast, a series of video interviews with top researchers/engineers in order to help share their experiences and reach a broader international audience.

Nov 28, 2025 • 40min
Ep. 22: Will Brown, Prime Intellect Research Lead
Will Brown is a research lead at Prime Intellect and the creator of the Verifiers library. Before coming to Prime Intellect, Will was a researcher at Morgan Stanley. He got his PhD in CS at Columbia.Delta Institute (deltainstitutes.org) is the most talent-dense community of engineers and researchers in the world. They’ve hosted events across the Bay Area, including both Stanford and Berkeley. Past event co-hosts include partners at Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz, and one of the first ten employees at Cursor. Delta Institute also hosts the Delta Podcast, a series of video interviews with top researchers/engineers in order to help share their experiences and reach a broader international audience.

Nov 28, 2025 • 21min
Ep. 21: Nnamdi Iregbulem, Lightspeed Partner
Nnamdi Iregbulem, a partner at Lightspeed with an MBA from Stanford, dives into the world of developer tools and AI-native infrastructure. He shares insights on how he self-taught his coding skills and the importance of mechanistic interpretability in AI. Nnamdi discusses Lightspeed's centralized research efforts and the necessity of evaluating AI systems through tools like Patronus. He also offers advice for researchers eyeing startups, emphasizing systems thinking and collaboration. Plus, he reveals his tips on connecting with talent in the tech ecosystem.

Nov 28, 2025 • 47min
Ep. 20: Sharon Zhou, AMD AI VP and Stanford CS PhD
Sharon Zhou is the VP of AI at AMD and the former CEO of Lamini. Before founding Lamini, she was a PhD student at Stanford's CS Department, co-advised by Stefano Ermon and Andrew Ng.Delta Institute (deltainstitutes.org) is the most talent-dense community of engineers and researchers in the world. They’ve hosted events across the Bay Area, including both Stanford and Berkeley. Past event co-hosts include partners at Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz, and one of the first ten employees at Cursor. Delta Institute also hosts the Delta Podcast, a series of video interviews with top researchers/engineers in order to help share their experiences and reach a broader international audience.

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Nov 28, 2025 • 52min
Ep. 19: Rishabh Agarwal, Periodic Labs Founding Researcher
Rishabh Agarwal is a researcher and one of the founding members of Periodic Labs. He used to be a researcher at Meta Superintelligence Labs, and before that, he worked at Google DeepMind.Delta Institute (deltainstitutes.org) is the most talent-dense community of engineers and researchers in the world. They’ve hosted events across the Bay Area, including both Stanford and Berkeley. Past event co-hosts include partners at Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz, and one of the first ten employees at Cursor. Delta Institute also hosts the Delta Podcast, a series of video interviews with top researchers/engineers in order to help share their experiences and reach a broader international audience.

Aug 27, 2025 • 45min
Ep. 18: Vivek Natarajan, Google DeepMind Research Lead
Vivek is a research lead at Google DeepMind, and the creator of Med-PaLM and Med-Gemini. Before coming to Google, he worked at Facebook AI Research. If you'd like to reach out, please email him at natviv@google.com.Delta Institute (deltainstitutes.org) is the most talent-dense community of engineers and researchers in the world. They’ve hosted events across the Bay Area, including both Stanford and Berkeley. Past event co-hosts include partners at Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz, and one of the first ten employees at Cursor. Delta Institute also hosts the Delta Podcast, a series of video interviews with top researchers/engineers in order to help share their experiences and reach a broader international audience.

Aug 27, 2025 • 31min
Ep. 17: Stefano Ermon, Stanford CS Professor and CEO of Inception Labs
Stefano is an associate professor at Stanford's CS Department and the Co-Founder and CEO of Inception Labs. If you'd like to reach out, please email him at ermon@cs.stanford.edu.Delta Institute (deltainstitutes.org) is the most talent-dense community of engineers and researchers in the world. They’ve hosted events across the Bay Area, including both Stanford and Berkeley. Past event co-hosts include partners at Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz, and one of the first ten employees at Cursor. Delta Institute also hosts the Delta Podcast, a series of video interviews with top researchers/engineers in order to help share their experiences and reach a broader international audience.

Aug 27, 2025 • 31min
Ep. 16: Rohin Manvi, Berkeley AI Research PhD Student and Liquid AI Researcher
Rohin Manvi is a PhD student at Berkeley AI Research and a researcher at Liquid AI. Before coming to Berkeley, he got his undergraduate and master's degrees at Stanford. If you'd like to reach out, please email him at rohinm@stanford.edu.Delta Institute (deltainstitutes.org) is the most talent-dense community of engineers and researchers in the world. They’ve hosted events across the Bay Area, including both Stanford and Berkeley. Past event co-hosts include partners at Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz, and one of the first ten employees at Cursor. Delta Institute also hosts the Delta Podcast, a series of video interviews with top researchers/engineers in order to help share their experiences and reach a broader international audience.


