The first morning in SF, so of course I went straight to the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. But what surprised me even more was the number of people running along the Bay, didn’t know SF had such a strong fitness culture and a whole ritual around running. US Diaries (Day 2):

mandatory sf ritual complete 😄 Visited Golden Gate Bridge, Palace of Fine arts, My first time riding a bus in sf, and so many more first time experiences... it's amazing and I am so grateful for it.

It’s Sunday, but I hadn’t worked for the last two days, so I had to put in some hours today just to feel peaceful. At the end of the day, nothing matters more than solving the core problems you’re proud to work on. Today’s focus: reducing model latency and running initial

In the SF, for the last 5 days, and still just adjusting to the lifestyle. It feels calmer here, for some reason, and I am able to focus more on work and think clearly. Sleeping well, eating well, and literally going to the gym now. U.S. Diaries (Day 5): Simple, focused

Also at #NeurIPS2025 , we’re hiring Speech Researchers at smallest.ai. Happy to chat if you’d like to learn more.

We are at Neurips, let's talk Speech, memory and AGI 🥂 Wasim Madha @ NeurIPS 2025 Hamees @ NeurIPS smallest.ai Pro tip - always register a day earlier 🤣

Never thought in my life I'd be at a NeurIPS 2025 in San Diego, and here I am. Attending my First Talk at #neurips25: Foundations of Tensor/Low Rank Computations

First time at NeurIPS and I get to present my paper. Feels crazy to go from reading this conference from afar to actually being here. Grateful, excited, and ready to learn from everyone around.

STREAMING LIVE, RIGHT NOW! 👇 announcing the world’s first LLM mafia livestream, inspired by ClaudePlaysPokemon. twitch can chat live with the LLMs as they lie, manipulate, and make deductions. watch Gemini, Claude Opus 4.5, GPT 5.1, and 7 more models battle it out. Built with

Wrapping up NeurIPS with my first poster session and it went amazingly well. Met brilliant researchers, mentors and had some great conversations. Grateful for the experience, looking forward to many more :)