Researcher Leaves PhD to Join Modal's Inference Research Team, Citing Talent Density
charles_irl · x · 2026-09-30
Arya Tschand announced she left her PhD program to join Modal's inference research team, citing autonomy to solve hard problems, everyone being on the critical path, and extremely high talent density — another sign of AI infra companies pulling talent straight out of academia.
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