
Stanford University
private research university in Stanford, California, USA
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Kevin Systrom: Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #243
Lex Fridman
The university Kevin Systrom attended, where he developed skills that would later contribute to Instagram's creation.

Jamie Foxx Returns (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
Where Tim Ferriss participated in an experiment on heat tolerance for soldiers, gathering data on himself due to his heat sensitivity.

Opportunities For Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine
GoogleTalksArchive
The institution where Professor Russ Altman works as a professor of genetics and medicine, and directs the biomedical informatics program.

How David Lieb Turned a Failing Startup Into Google Photos | Backstory
Y Combinator
The university where David Lieb pursued a PhD in artificial intelligence.

Why You Shouldn't Copy Your Tech Idols
Y Combinator
The university Sam Altman attended before starting his first company, and where Peter Thiel obtained his law degree. Part of the conventional path discussed.

The Cult of Conformity in Silicon Valley
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a university where, during the early 2000s post dot-com crash, students interested in tech were likely 'nerds' and not financially driven.

Design for Startups by Garry Tan (Part 2)
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a source of talented designers, particularly relevant for tech-focused startups.

Work at a Startup Expo 2019
Y Combinator
Institution where Vijay, founder of Eric's Health, received medical training; used to establish his credentials.

Cal And Jamie Explain The Internet | Salt Bay, Meghan McCain, And Taylor Lorenz
Cal Newport
University attended by the lead singer of Jamie's high school band.

Ep. 227: Visions Of The Deep Life?
Cal Newport
University where Daniel Schwartz is based, co-author of the walking and creativity study.

#AIS: Palmer Luckey on Anduril
All-In Podcast
University whose engineering budget was significantly funded by the Department of Defense in 1947.

Russell Howard: How To Laugh Through Fear, Anxiety & Imposter Syndrome | E109
The Diary Of A CEO
The university where Andrew Huberman is a professor, whose work on neural linguistic practices Russell Howard finds helpful.

Personal AI Meetup - Bee, BasedHardware, LangChain LangFriend, Deepgram EmilyAI
Latent Space
University where the 'Generative Agents' paper was developed.

E139: Recapping Chamath's wedding, VC surplus, unions vs Hollywood, room-temp superconductors & more
All-In Podcast
A university whose president's career would be impacted if a fraudulent superconductor claim were made.

All-In Summit: In conversation with Vinod Khosla
All-In Podcast
The Graduate School of Business (GSB) at Stanford rejected Vinod Khosla twice before accepting him; also where his classmates founded Sun Microsystems.

The "Normsky" architecture for AI coding agents — with Beyang Liu + Steve Yegge of SourceGraph
Latent Space
University where Beyang Liu studied computer vision and Steve Yegge gave a talk about Grok.

Q&A with YC Partners at Startup School SV 2016
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of a credential that some founders try to emulate in 'cargo cult' behavior, rather than forging their own path.

Keoki Jackson: Lockheed Martin | Lex Fridman Podcast #33
Lex Fridman
Collaborated with Lockheed Martin to build QUAKES, the first CubeSat launched out of the U.S.

How Should We Respond To Coronavirus: A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis (Episode #190)
Sam Harris
Mentioned as an example of an institution that moved classes online early in the pandemic response.

Andrew Ng: Advice on Getting Started in Deep Learning | AI Podcast Clips
Lex Fridman
Stanford University, mentioned as a top university for AI/ML education and research, and where Andrew Ng taught his popular machine learning course.

How to Defeat Jet Lag, Shift Work & Sleeplessness
Andrew Huberman
The institution where Dr. Jamie Zeitzer conducts research on sleep and circadian rhythms.

Ruchi Sanghvi Speaks at Female Founders Conference 2015
Y Combinator
Stanford's Entrepreneurs Club was one of the alpha customers for Cove, highlighting its initial use in entrepreneurial communities.

Books I’ve Loved — Ann Miura Ko | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
University where Ann Miura Ko lectures in entrepreneurship and directed the Mayfield Fellows program. She also earned her PhD there.

Self-Driving Cars: State of the Art (2019)
Lex Fridman
Their vehicle 'Stanley' won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, captivating imaginations about autonomous vehicle capabilities.