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Ex-Meta Researcher Bets Everything on building Super-tiny AI Models (YC S25)


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Meet Rohan from Stellon labs building one of the smallest speech models and his journey from India to CMU to Meta to YC!!OpenSource on GitHub: https://github.com/KittenML/KittenTTS Follow Rohan: https://x.com/ron_joshi📌 Create LLC with Business in Box (Taxes everything) 10% off using the code DOOLAHARNOOR10 : https://partnersps.doola.com/64gf2eto223kMy Recommendations: https://linktree.com/singhinusa0:00 From Mumbai to Meta to Founder0:53 What Are Tiny AI Models?2:20 How Rohan Got Into Machine Learning6:44 Research Internships → CMU Acceptance8:44 How to Actually Learn AI (No Shortcuts)12:32 Why CMU Pittsburgh → Bay Area15:21 Working at Meta on Codec Avatars17:39 Why He Left Meta to Build Stellin Labs23:12 The Economics of On-Device AI26:39 Inside Y Combinator S2533:00 Advice for Aspiring AI FoundersMy Gear:-📕 Favorite Book for Software Engineers: https://geni.us/GT9jvz💻 My Gear Page: https://singhinusa.com/my-tech/📱iPhone: https://geni.us/J9c6GoY📸Sony Camera: https://geni.us/zShMGT4⿍ Tripod: https://geni.us/iVsd🎙Vlogging & Podcast Mic https://geni.us/v915Z9HFollow me on - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iHarnoorTwitter - https://x.com/iHarnoorSinghLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/iHarnoorE-mail for BUSINESS INQUIRY & HELP- [email protected] CREDITS:Music From (Free Trial): https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/2jy2t1/

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