Magazine
Getting AI Agents to Join the Team
As Nikita Sirohi explores new ways for people and AI agents to work together, she is navigating the uncertainty of founding a stealth startup in a field where a promising idea can become obsolete—or newly relevant—almost overnight.
“This Is Going to Be Really Big”: How Nvidia’s Bill Dally Shaped the AI Era
Bill Dally has spent four decades designing the hardware behind modern AI. The instinct came from Caltech: don’t do little things.
Kitt Hodsden and the Art of Being Efficiently Lazy
How the software engineer turned a distaste for tedious tasks into a career building smarter workflows, scaling tech giants, and conquering personal summits.
JPL at 90: Charles Elachi, Nagin Cox, and Shouleh Nikzad on 90 Years of Daring Mighty Things
A former JPL director, a Mars mission lead, and the Lab’s chief technologist reflected on what drew them to JPL, the moments that shaped its first 90 years, and what comes next.
News
Caltech Alumni and Faculty Make the Case for University Research at Quantum California
At a statewide convening, Caltech speakers argued that California’s quantum companies are building on decades of university science, much of it from Techers.
At His First Alumni Weekend, President Jayawardhana Shares Campus News and His Quest for Alien Worlds
On October 17, Caltech’s 10th president shared news from the start of the academic year, then showed Techers how his research group uses ‘remote sensing’ to characterize planets hundreds of light-years away.
Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman Named Caltech Associate Vice President and JPL Deputy Director
Wiseman starts November 30, as JPL approaches 90 years since its founding by Caltech.
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Techer Live

JPL and the Search for Life Beyond Earth
AUGUST 25, 2026 | ALUMNI NEWS, TECHER LIVE
Revisit Jonathan Lunine (MS ’83, PhD ’85) and Sarah Al-Ahmed’s conversation from JPL Mission Control on the missions advancing the search for life beyond Earth.

Einstein: beyond the Myth
APRIL 15, 2026 | ALUMNI NEWS, TECHER LIVE
A conversation with Caltech’s Diana Kormos-Buchwald and the LA Times’ Patt Morrison on Einstein’s Pasadena years and what his example might offer scientists today.

AI in the Wild: What Actually Works
FEB 12, 2026 | ALUMNI NEWS, TECHER LIVE
Caltech alumni cut through the hype to share which tools are delivering real results, and where human expertise remains irreplaceable.