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#21ResearcherOpen Source AI & Platforms
Percy Liang
Stanford / Together AI
Biography
Associate Professor at Stanford. Co-founder of Together AI. Created HELM benchmark.
💡 My Take
Liang is quietly one of the most important figures in AI evaluation. Without HELM, we'd have no standardized way to compare LLMs. Together AI represents the thesis that open-source can compete with closed models — a bet that's increasingly looking right.
Key Influence
Created HELM benchmark — the standard for evaluating LLMs. Co-founded Together AI for open-source training.