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Leon Song
VP of Research at Together AI, leading the research and development efforts. Previously worked on DeepSpeed and AI for Science at Microsoft.
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Aug 25, 2025
• 50min
#281 Leon Song: The Research Driving Next-Gen Open-Source Models (Together AI)
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Leon Song, VP of Research at Together AI, previously led AI initiatives at Microsoft. He sheds light on the rapid evolution of open-source AI models, explaining breakthroughs in speculative decoding and how they enhance performance. The conversation touches on the competitive landscape between open-source and proprietary systems, highlighting innovations like DeepSeq R1 and Llama 4. Leon also discusses empowering enterprises with data sovereignty through their cloud platform, sparking interest in the future of AI infrastructure.
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