CS 153
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Frontier Systems
Stanford University · Spring 2026

The AI stack is being rebuilt from the ground up, and most people only see one layer of it. This course walks through the entire architecture, from energy and silicon to foundation models and the applications reshaping how we work, create, and discover. Each week, a leader from a different layer of the stack joins to share what they’re actually building and what they’ve learned doing it.

Anjney Midha — Founder, AMP PBC
Michael Abbott — ex GM/Apple/Twitter/Kleiner
  • Andrej Karpathy Co-founder, OpenAI
  • Ben Horowitz A16Z
  • Brendan Iribe Sesame, ex-Oculus CEO
  • Dave Baszucki Roblox
  • Jensen Huang NVIDIA
  • Liam Fedus & Dogus Cubuk Periodic Labs
  • Michael Intrator CoreWeave
  • Sam Altman OpenAI

Specific speaker dates are not shared publicly until the day of class for security purposes. Additional speakers shared with enrolled students in Week 3.

The One-Person Frontier Lab

One person with the right AI tools can now produce what once required an organization. You have 10 weeks. Your only goal is to create value for the world. See how far you can scale yourself.

Compute sponsored by AMP.

Schedule Tue/Thu 12:00 – 1:20 PM Location Hewlett Teaching Center 200 Duration Mar 30 – Jun 3, 2026 (10 wks) Prerequisites CS110/111 (req), CS155 (rec) Grading 65% Attendance + 35% Project