Nimit Sohani
Stanford PhD and AI researcher currently at Cartesia with prior experience as a quantitative researcher at Citadel; focuses on voice AI, sequence modeling, and bridging research with product.
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Jan 26, 2026 • 58min
Ex-Citadel Quant and AI Researcher On Breaking In, Tech vs Finance Careers
Nimit Sohani, a Stanford PhD and AI researcher now at Cartesia who previously worked as a quant at Citadel. He contrasts AI research and quant careers, discusses PhD value and research taste. He explains Cartesia's voice AI work, low-latency TTS and long-context models. He compares startups vs big labs and debates state space models versus transformers.
