Who is betting on what in AI, and against whom.
Researcher
Stanford professor and MacArthur fellow whose lab produced FlashAttention, the state-space model line that became Mamba, and the data-centric tooling behind Snorkel. Co-founded Together AI. Sits inside camp 1 by employer and product, but his group is where the alternatives to attention keep being built.
Known for FlashAttention; State-space models (S4); Snorkel; Together AI