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Hi, I’m Sebastian Raschka. I’m an LLM Research Engineer with over a decade of experience in artificial intelligence. My work bridges academia and industry, including roles as senior engineer at Lightning AI and as a statistics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

I am also the author of Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch).

My expertise lies in LLM research and the development of high-performance AI systems, with a deep focus on practical, code-driven implementations. (For my most up-to-date CV details, please visit my LinkedIn profile.)

Besides Substack, you can also find Sebastian on YouTube, X, GitHub, and LinkedIn!

By the way, if you like a “State of AI” catch-up in audio form, you can also find my recent long-form conversation on the Lex Fridman Podcast (#490) on the current state of AI and where things may be heading.

State of AI in 2026: LLMs, Coding, Scaling Laws, China, Agents, GPUs, AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #490

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If you would like to contact me, please visit https://sebastianraschka.com/contact/ for more information.

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