ishan deshpande
@ishand
talent engineering @xai | cs @uofillinois, http://buildillinois.org
uiuc has always produced some of the best engineering talent in the country—but historically, not many builders (sorry @pmarca) buildillinois has changed that. in the past year, we've hosted retreats, hackathons, demo days, and firesides for thousands, collaborating with…
Grok 4.20 just dominated Alpha Arena Season 1.5 in live stock trading The mystery model, revealed as Grok 4.20, took the top spots on the leaderboard, with 4 Grok variants ranking in the top 6 It outperformed every major model on the board, being the only one to gain profits…
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umesh is amazing to work with
Just passed my first month here at @xai All I can say is that things that may seem impossible, are possible at xAI. If you’re interested to work on understanding the universe, feel free to message!
I bet few people there know it, but YC wouldn't exist without UIUC. My father went there from England on a Fullbright, and came back determined to move to America.
Join @xAI to build the future of multimodal @Grok. We're hiring across image editing, video generation, world modeling, visual understanding and more: Image Generation job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai/jobs/46816… Video Generation job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai/jobs/47206… Audio Generation job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai/jobs/50098… World…
You're invited to the Founding Engineers Dinner at @xAI! 🍽️ Being a founding engineer is often a lonely role; building from scratch, making hard technical tradeoffs, wearing multiple hats, and pushing through uncertainty with limited support. 🤝 That's why we're hosting an…
Feel free to fill this out to attend! luma.com/9jd7eowv
best dinners ive ever had
Dear X algo, show this only to people who are founding engineers Being a founding engineer is a lonely role, which is why we're hosting a dinner at @xai on Feb 4th! Come have a wonderful meal with other founding engineers on the team and chat all about company building and…
just wrapped up my first week @xai feeling extremely grateful to be a part of this team. this is an incredible place where engineers operate with an unmatched sense of intensity, ambition, and humility. talent is the ultimate multiplier :)
The algorithm was rebuilt from scratch by the xAI team and now runs on +20K GPUs at the Colossus data center. This was a huge undertaking: essentially changing the engine on a jet midflight. Time spent is up 20% and follows are up even more. But there is still so much more to…
Ladies and gentlemen, we're fixing Notifications. We're launching a new design on iOS + web—which includes the all new Priority tab: Anytime your mutuals or big accounts interact with you, we'll show it on Priority—so you never miss a moment. Enabled when you hit 500 followers.
i'm delusionally optimistic about what exceptional engineers at xAI can do
If you’re an exceptional engineer who likes to move fast and work on some of the hardest problems of our generation Here’s a custom link for you to apply! grnh.se/hs3mny3b7us
🤝 2026 is shaping up to be the year of acquisitions and acquihires The wave has already started and it’s accelerating. Having been on both sides of the table (as both acquired and acquirer), I’ve been helping founders and portfolio companies navigate processes and get in front…
xAI is hosting another Grokathon This time in London on Jan 17, 2026 A 12-hour non-stop coding sprint to build real apps with Grok and show what’s possible And this time, there will be 3 winners Tell your friends and join in Apply here: x.ai/grokathon
Grokathon in London
u should hire @pashmerepat next
Who knew this would blow up For all the attendees, thank you again for joining us If you’d like to join our team and be amongst some of the most impressive engineers in the world - dm me, I’d love to chat
I wake up grateful every morning to be living the American Dream 🇺🇸 The Dream based on a timeless promise rooted in the Pursuit of Happiness. Here, no matter your origins, you can forge your path to success and prosperity through hard work, and determination. America remains the…
Today, we launched American Operator - a national effort to revive the American Dream through business ownership. America’s SMBs are critical and belong in the hands of the next generation of local owners.
Life update: I've joined @browserbase to help AI automate the web! I'll be working on Stagehand -- the open-source browser automation framework built for AI agents. We've just crossed 2M monthly downloads, but there's so much more to do! Super excited to empower the next…
I was sitting in class and wondered if my professor would take attendance that day so I thought... what if there was a platform where you could bet on your professors taking attendance so I made it let me know if I should bring this to other schools xD
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