CS 153: Frontier Systems | Stanford University

From energy, silicon and models to applications, security and deployment policy, the infrastructure stack is undergoing a generational rewrite. Each week, this course puts you in the room with the global leaders solving the biggest bottlenecks on frontier technology progress.

Instructors

Anjney Midha

AMP PBC

Michael Abbott

AMP PBC

Spring 2026 Lineup

Alex Atallah<br>OpenRouter

Amanda Askell<br>Anthropic

Amin Vahdat<br>Google

Amit Jain<br>Luma AI

Anastasios Angelopoulos<br>Arena

Andreas Blattmann<br>Black Forest Labs

Andrej Karpathy<br>Co-founder, OpenAI

Ashok Elluswamy<br>VP Autopilot, Tesla

Ben Horowitz<br>a16z

Brendan Iribe<br>Sesame &middot; ex-Oculus CEO

Dogus Cubuk<br>Periodic Labs

Emil Michael<br>United States

Garry Tan & Diana Hu<br>Y Combinator

Jensen Huang<br>NVIDIA

Joe Sullivan<br>Ex-Uber/Facebook/Cloudflare

Liam Fedus<br>Periodic Labs

Mati Staniszewski<br>ElevenLabs

Nicolai Tangen<br>Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund

Nikhyl Singhal<br>Founder, Skip Community

Prithvi Rajasekaran<br>Anthropic

Reiner Pope<br>MatX

Rob Riachi<br>Google DeepMind

Sam Altman<br>OpenAI

Satya Nadella<br>Microsoft

Scott Nolan<br>General Matter

Sriram Krishnan<br>US Gov/Whitehouse

Speakers to be added subject to scheduling. Specific dates are not shared until the day of class.

Course Project

The One-Person Frontier Lab

One person with the right tools can now produce what once required an organization. 10 weeks. One goal: create value for the world. See how far you can scale yourself.

Details

WhenTue / Thu 12:00–1:20 PM<br>WhereHewlett Teaching Center 200<br>DatesMar 30 – Jun 3, 2026 (10 weeks)<br>Units3 units<br>PrereqsCS110/111 (req) &middot; CS155 (rec)<br>Grading65% Attendance &middot; 35% Project<br>ReadingsReadings & Materials

Course Staff

InstructorsAnjney Midha, Michael Abbott (abbottm@stanford.edu)<br>TAsAdrian A, Ramya I, Anthony M<br>Contactcs153-spr2526-staff@lists.stanford.edu

Archive

Winter 2025<br>&middot;<br>Spring 2024