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Aaditya Subedi on leaving Harvard to build an AI lab

From Kathmandu Post · () English

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  • Aaditya Subedi, a 19-year-old co-founder of AI lab Architect Labs, dropped out of Harvard to accelerate AI chip design.
  • Architect Labs secured $24 million in seed funding to make chip design more accessible and efficient.
  • Subedi believes AI represents a revolution that offers advantages, particularly to young people.

Aaditya Subedi, a 19-year-old co-founder and COO of Architect Labs, left Harvard University to pursue his vision of accelerating AI chip design. The AI lab recently secured $24 million in seed funding from venture capital firms led by Kindred Ventures.

We are an AI lab, and we build AI systems. The AI system we built can design chips.

— Aaditya SubediExplaining the core function of Architect Labs.

Architect Labs focuses on building AI systems capable of designing computer chips, which are fundamental to all digital devices. Subedi explained that current chip design is a resource-intensive process, requiring hundreds of millions in investment, specialized teams, and approximately three years. The AI system developed by Architect Labs aims to significantly speed up this process and make it more accessible to a wider range of companies.

We want to make it accessible to a lot more companies.

— Aaditya SubediDescribing the goal of Architect Labs' AI system for chip design.

Subedi, originally from Kathmandu, Nepal, studied computer science and mathematics at Harvard on a full scholarship. He decided to drop out during his second year, foregoing nearly $400,000 in scholarships, because he felt it was the best use of his time. He views the current advancements in AI as a revolution comparable to the Industrial Revolution, emphasizing the rapid pace of change and its potential to reshape the world within five years.

I felt that dropping out and pursuing this would be the best use of my time.

— Aaditya SubediExplaining his decision to leave Harvard and start a company.

He believes AI offers particular advantages to young people, who are "AI-native" and can leverage this new technology to their benefit. Subedi aims to be at the forefront of this AI revolution, rather than a passive observer.

I don’t think people who aren’t tuned into the technology sector realise how fast the world is changing and how different it will look in five years.

— Aaditya SubediCommenting on the rapid pace of technological change driven by AI.
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