Ali Behrouz studied computer engineering at Sharif University, did a master's at UBC, and is now a Cornell PhD student and researcher at Google Research. With Vahab Mirrokni he built Titans, an architecture that gives AI models a long-term memory, followed by Atlas and Nested Learning.
Takeaways from SecondPod conversations, plus essays on AI, private markets and the people building what comes next. Written by Ardalan Javadi.

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