# CS 153: Frontier Systems

> Source: <https://cs153.stanford.edu/>
> Published: 2026-06-19 03:12:38+00:00

## Instructors

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AMP PBC
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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](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FzHEHXFNx_aG7ooLFLJcAatoxLsvrKYoBP3H1C-Q6-w/edit)

## 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](cs153-spr2526-staff@lists.stanford.edu)

## Archive

[Winter 2025](/winter2025/)·

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