Engineering + Technology
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.
Charles Trimble (BS ’63, MS ’64) to Receive Cartographic Medal
The Caltech alumnus who helped turn satellite positioning into a business will receive the American Geographical Society’s O.M. Miller Cartographic Medal on September 15.
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.
“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.
Tammy Ma Is Trying to Make Fusion Energy Real
the Livermore physicist’s path from a Caltech summer internship to leading the national effort on inertial fusion energy.
What Actually Works in AI: A Candid Assessment from Five Techers
Caltech alumni cut through the hype to share which tools are delivering real results, and where human expertise remains irreplaceable.