Delta Podcast

Delta Institute

Supporting exceptional researchers/engineers, from academia to industry and beyond.

  1. JAN 1

    Ep. 55: Karthik Narasimhan, GPT Co-Author and Princeton CS Professor

    Karthik Narasimhan is an associate professor at Princeton's CS Department and the co-director of Princeton NLP. He's led numerous projects at the intersection of language and agents, including ReACT, Tree of Thoughts, SWE-Bench, SWE-Agent, WebShop, GEO, Tau-Bench, and more. He used to be the head of research at Sierra (currently valued at $10B+) and was one of the co-authors of the original GPT paper.Delta Institute (deltainstitutes.org) is is an international research/community organization. They’ve hosted 27 sponsored events across major cities and top research conferences with sponsors like Sequoia, a16z, Cursor, and more. Delta Institute also hosts the Delta Podcast, a series of 50+ video interviews with leading researchers/engineers.

    37 min

  2. 12/31/2025

    Ep. 54: Michael Wornow: Kinetic Systems CEO and Stanford CS PhD

    Michael is the CEO of Kinetic Systems and recently finished his CS PhD at Stanford, where he was advised by Nigam Shah and Chris Ré. Before coming to Stanford, Michael studied CS and Statistics at Harvard, where he worked on research at the Broad Institute. Delta Institute (deltainstitutes.org) is is an international research/community organization. They’ve hosted 27 sponsored events across major cities and top research conferences with sponsors like Sequoia, a16z, Cursor, and more. Delta Institute also hosts the Delta Podcast, a series of 50+ video interviews with leading researchers/engineers.

    42 min

  3. 12/23/2025

    Ep. 53: Brian Zhan, Partner at Striker VP and Investor in Reflection, Skild, Periodic, Ricursive

    Brian Zhan is a partner at Striker Venture Partners. He's invested in several leading research startups, including Periodic Labs, Reflection AI, Skild AI, Dyna Robotics, Voyage AI, and more. Before coming to venture, he was a product manager on the Facebook Presto team, then led product at Starburst Data. If you'd like to reach out, please email him at brian@striker.vc.Delta Institute (deltainstitutes.org) is is an international research/community organization. They’ve hosted 27 sponsored events across major cities and top research conferences with sponsors like Sequoia, a16z, Cursor, and more. Delta Institute also hosts the Delta Podcast, a series of 50+ video interviews with leading researchers/engineers.

    27 min

  4. 11/28/2025

    Ep. 52: Lakshya Agrawal, GEPA Lead Author and Berkeley AI PhD Student

    Lakshya Agrawal is the lead author of GEPA and a PhD Student at Berkeley AI Research. Before coming to Berkeley, he was a research fellow at Microsoft.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.

    42 min

  5. 11/28/2025

    Ep. 51: Kayo Yin, Berkeley AI PhD Student and ACL Best Resource Paper Winner

    Kayo is a PhD Student at Berkeley AI Research, and an ACL Best Resource Paper winner. She has interned at Microsoft Research and 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.

    38 min

  6. 11/28/2025

    Ep. 50: Jeffrey Ma, Harvard CS PhD Student and SWE-fficiency Lead Author

    Jeffrey is a CS PhD Student at Harvard, and the lead author of SWE-fficiency. Before coming to Harvard, Jeffrey worked at Citadel.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.

    36 min

  7. 11/28/2025

    Ep. 49: Alexi Gladstone, Energy-Based Transformers Lead Author and UIUC CS PhD Student

    Alexi is a PhD student at UIUC CS, and the lead author of the Energy-Based Transformers paper. He's currently interning at Meta AI as a Research Scientist Intern, and interned at Palantir in the past.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.

    36 min

  8. 11/28/2025

    Ep. 48: Lisa Dunlap, Berkeley AI PhD Student and LMArena Core Contributor

    Lisa is an EECS PhD student at Berkeley, where she focuses on researching how data shapes model behavior.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.

    40 min
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Supporting exceptional researchers/engineers, from academia to industry and beyond.

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  • Creator
    Delta Institute
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    55
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Delta Institute
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