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CS 153: Frontier Systems

Stanford University's CS 153: Frontier Systems course for Spring 2026 features a lineup of industry leaders including Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and Satya Nadella, with a focus on building a one-person frontier lab. The course requires CS110/111 prerequisites and emphasizes creating value through a 10-week project.

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Instructors #

AMP PBC #

AMP PBC

Spring 2026 Lineup #

  • Alex AtallahOpenRouter
  • Amanda AskellAnthropic
  • Amin VahdatGoogle
  • Amit JainLuma AI
  • Anastasios AngelopoulosArena
  • Andreas BlattmannBlack Forest Labs
  • Andrej KarpathyCo-founder, OpenAI
  • Ashok ElluswamyVP Autopilot, Tesla
  • Ben Horowitza16z
  • Brendan IribeSesame · ex-Oculus CEO
  • Dogus CubukPeriodic Labs
  • Emil MichaelUnited States
  • Garry Tan & Diana HuY Combinator
  • Jensen HuangNVIDIA
  • Joe SullivanEx-Uber/Facebook/Cloudflare
  • Liam FedusPeriodic Labs
  • Mati StaniszewskiElevenLabs
  • Nicolai TangenNorwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund
  • Nikhyl SinghalFounder, Skip Community
  • Prithvi RajasekaranAnthropic
  • Reiner PopeMatX
  • Rob RiachiGoogle DeepMind
  • Sam AltmanOpenAI
  • Satya NadellaMicrosoft
  • Scott NolanGeneral Matter
  • Sriram KrishnanUS 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 #

  • When
  • Tue / Thu 12:00–1:20 PM
  • Where
  • Hewlett Teaching Center 200
  • Dates
  • Mar 30 – Jun 3, 2026 (10 weeks)
  • Units
  • 3 units
  • Prereqs
  • CS110/111 (req) · CS155 (rec)
  • Grading
  • 65% Attendance · 35% Project
  • Readings

Readings & Materials

Course Staff #

  • Instructors
- Anjney Midha, Michael Abbott (
[abbottm@stanford.edu](mailto:abbottm@stanford.edu)) - TAs
  • Adrian A, Ramya I, Anthony M
  • Contact

cs153-spr2526-staff@lists.stanford.edu

Archive #

[Winter 2025](/winter2025/)·

[Spring 2024](/winter2025/syllabus.html)
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