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Stefano Ermon

Associate Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University

Every podcast episode featuring Stefano Ermon that Attunex has found: 17 interviews and appearances across 16 shows between 2017 and 2026. Most often on The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence) (2). Often in conversation with Sam Charrington. Follow Stefano in Attunex to get new appearances automatically, each with an on-device transcript and summary.

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Updated 2026-10-14.

  1. Why Diffusion Will Win AI Inference with Inception Co-Founder and CEO Stefano Ermon
    No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

    As generative AI hits hardware and latency bottlenecks, Stanford professor, diffusion pioneer, and Inception co-founder and CEO Stefano Ermon is betting on a radical new architecture. Stefano joins…

    2026-09-18
  2. 10x Faster AI: Revolutionizing LLM Performance
    Reshaping Workflows with Dell Pro Precision and NVIDIA RTX PRO GPUs

    Is slow model performance stopping your AI projects from scaling? In this episode of Reshaping Workflows with Dell Pro Precision and NVIDIA RTX GPUs, Logan Lawler sits down with Stefano Ermon,…

    2026-08-20
  3. The 10x Rule: Turning a Research Paper into an AI Company
    Fund/Build/Scale

    Most startup advice assumes the biggest challenge is finding customers. But what happens when the demand is obvious and the real question is whether the technology can actually work at scale? In this…

    2026-06-10
  4. The Principles of Diffusion Models - with Jesse Lai (Sony AI)
    The Information BottleneckMentioned

    We host Chieh-Hsin (Jesse) Lai, Staff Research Scientist at Sony AI and visiting professor at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, for a conversation about diffusion models, the…

    2026-05-10
  5. The Race to Production-Grade Diffusion LLMs with Stefano Ermon
    The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)

    Today, we're joined by Stefano Ermon, associate professor at Stanford University and CEO of Inception Labs to discuss diffusion language models. We dig into how diffusion approaches—traditionally…

    2026-03-26
  6. Diffusion LLM & Why the Future of AI Won't Be Autoregressive - Stefano Ermon (Stanford /Inception)
    The Information Bottleneck

    In this episode, we talk with Stefano Ermon, Stanford professor, co-founder & CEO of Inception AI, and co-inventor of DDIM, FlashAttention, DPO, and score-based/diffusion models, about why…

    2026-03-19
  7. Inception Labs says its diffusion LLM is 10x faster than Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini
    The New Stack PodcastMentioned

    On a recent episode of the The New Stack Agents, Inception Labs CEO Stefano Ermon introduced Mercury 2, a large language model built on diffusion rather than the standard autoregressive approach.…

    2026-03-02
  8. Citrini Memo Reactions, Kim K Enters Energy Drinks, Jane Street Sued | Patrick & John Collison, Bill Gurley, James Cadwallader, Scott Wu, Ivan Zhao, Stefano Ermon, Rune Kvist, Reiner Pope, Devansh Pandey
    TBPN

    Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (01:52) - Citrini Memo Reactions (09:35) - Is Doordash Cooked? (12:51) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (20:59) - Kim K Enters Energy Drinks (22:23) - 𝕏 Timeline…

    2026-02-24
  9. Diffusion for Text: Why Mercury Could Make LLMs 10x Faster
    The Neuron: AI Explained

    Diffusion models changed how we generate images and video—now they’re coming for text. In this episode, we sit down with Stefano Ermon, Stanford computer science professor and founder of Inception…

    2026-02-24
  10. Generating text with diffusion (and ROI with LLMs)
    The Stack Overflow Podcast

    Two guests for the price of one! This episode has two interviews recorded at AWS re:Invent back in December. In part 1, Ryan chats with the co-founder and CEO of Inception, Stefano Ermon, about…

    2026-02-03
  11. #310 Stefano Ermon: Why Diffusion Language Models Will Define the Next Generation of LLMs
    Eye On A.I.

    This episode is sponsored by AGNTCY. Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. Most large language models today generate text one token…

    2026-01-04
  12. Mapping Poverty from Space, Food Security, and the Deep Learning Revolution with Prof. David Lobell
    The Stanford Ecopreneurship PodcastMentioned

    Stanford Professor David Lobell was using satellites to measure things like crop efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions when he was approached by fellow Profs. Marshall Burke and Stefano Ermon.…

    2025-12-18
  13. Stefano Ermon On Raising $50 Million To Enable Businesses To Create 10x Faster, Real-Time AI Applications
    DealMakers

    Some founders stumble into the frontier. Others live there by instinct. Stefano Ermon, an Italian-born scientist, Stanford professor, and co-founder of Inception, is firmly in the second camp.…

    2025-11-11
  14. Diffusion LLMs - The Fastest LLMs Ever Built | Stefano Ermon, cofounder of Inception Labs
    Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek Joshi

    Stefano Ermon is the cofounder of Inception Labs and an associate professor at Stanford. Inception is developing a new type of AI models called Diffusion LLMs. Stefano's favorite book: If on a…

    2025-10-09
  15. Ep. 17: Stefano Ermon, Stanford CS Professor and CEO of Inception Labs
    Delta Podcast

    Stefano is an associate professor at Stanford's CS Department and the Co-Founder and CEO of Inception Labs. If you'd like to reach out, please email him at ermon@cs.stanford.edu.​​ Delta Institute…

    2025-08-27
  16. Inception emerges from stealth with a new type of AI model
    TechCrunch Startup NewsMentioned

    Inception, a new Palo Alto-based company started by Stanford computer science professor Stefano Ermon, claims to have developed a novel AI model based on “diffusion” technology. Inception calls it a…

    2025-03-03
  17. ARCHIVE: Open Models (with Arthur Mensch) and Video Models (with Stefano Ermon)
    AI + a16z

    For this holiday weekend (in the United States) episode, we've stitched together two archived episodes from the a16z Podcast, both featuring General Partner Anjney Midha. In the first half, from…

    2024-05-24
  18. Beyond Uncanny Valley: Breaking Down Sora
    The a16z Show

    In early 2024, the notion of high fidelity, believable AI-generated video seemed a distant future to many. Yet, a mere few weeks into the year, OpenAI unveiled Sora, its new state of the art…

    2024-02-24
  19. The Edition: How much longer can Boris Johnson keep going?
    Best of the Spectator

    In this week’s episode: Is Boris going to limp on?In her cover piece this week, Katy Balls writes that although Boris Johnson believes he can survive the partygate scandal, he has some way to go…

    2022-04-21
  20. How much longer can Boris Johnson keep going?
    The Edition

    In this week’s episode: Is Boris going to limp on? In her cover piece this week, Katy Balls writes that although Boris Johnson believes he can survive the partygate scandal, he has some way to go…

    2022-04-21
  21. Domain Knowledge in Machine Learning Models for Sustainability with Stefano Ermon - TWiML Talk #15
    The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)

    My guest this week is Stefano Ermon, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, and Fellow at Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment. Stefano and I met at the Re-Work…

    2017-03-17