CS 153
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Frontier Systems
Stanford University · Spring 2026

The AI and infrastructure stack is being rebuilt from the ground up, and most people only see one layer of it. This course covers the full stack, 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 — AMP PBC
Michael Abbott — ex GM/Apple/Twitter/Kleiner
  • Amin Vahdat Google
  • Andrej Karpathy Co-founder, OpenAI
  • Ben Horowitz A16Z
  • Brendan Iribe Sesame, ex-Oculus CEO
  • Dave Baszucki Roblox
  • David Holz Midjourney
  • Jensen Huang NVIDIA
  • Liam Fedus & Dogus Cubuk Periodic Labs
  • Mati Staniszewski ElevenLabs
  • Matthew Prince Cloudflare
  • Michael Intrator CoreWeave
  • Sam Altman OpenAI
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.

Stanford Adrian A, Ramya, Anthony M (alum, lead CA '25) AMP Rosie G, Sebastian L, Mihai T Contact Enrolled students can email cs153@amppbc.com for questions.
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

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