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Second Prize Awards 2025, Celebrating the Best Iranian AI Scientists

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    Why will Google & NVIDIA struggle next year? We're celebrating the best Iranian AI scientists, roboticists, VCs & startups while revealing what's coming in 2026. Newsletter : https://secondnewsletter.substack.com/ Ardalan Javadi : https://www.linkedin.com/in/ardalanjam1369/ Farzam Hejazi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farzam-hejazi-5b608081/ 0:00 Introduction 3:04 Best AI Scientist of the Year 10:03 Best Roboticist of the Year  13:46 Best Robotic Startup of the year 16:25 Best Venture Capitalist of the year  33:08 Best none AI Business 38:19 Best CEO of the Year  42:06 Best AI Model or Product 48:49 Best Female in Tech or Investment  50:19 Best Podcast Episode of the year  52:01 Most Two Important Trends in 2026   References:    https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.00663 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.23735 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX12aCdni9Q https://www.linkedin.com/in/vahab-mirrokni-49774112/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alibehrouz/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jux_L-Re5JA  https://www.linkedin.com/in/vahdat/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/pouransari/ https://www.arxiv.org/pdf/2510.02375 https://www.linkedin.com/in/alikashani/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNsj3nfkTHQ&t=1s&pp=ygUXVG91cmFqIFBhcmFuZyBTZWNvbmRQb2Q%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOC7X9lfb1k https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettadcock/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorsa-sadigh-6988581a/ https://x.com/dorsasadigh/status/1899981257427313037?s=46 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Early_Career_Award_for_Scientists_and_Engineers https://www.figure.ai https://www.linkedin.com/in/cbfinn/ https://www.worldlabs.ai https://joincolossus.com/article/ramtin-naimi-man-hot-hand/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEICTvGNKrY https://medium.com/@annayeleferenko1995/how-cursor-anysphere-became-a-29-3b-company-in-just-a-few-years-eaf693674ef7 https://neo.com/startups https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/2bsx50dfm3p7vduehik8w/culture/the-unusual-ambitions-of-chamath-palihapitiya Ramtin N. - San Francisco Bay Area | Professional Profile | LinkedInlinkedin.com https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-acquires-ai-chip-startup-150217099.html https://www.tiktok.com/@theallinpod/video/7335094802742054186 https://open.substack.com/pub/chamath/p/the-future-of-ai-compute-a-conversation?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UneoszmxRGg https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohsenmoazami/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundeepm/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ahmed https://www.forbes.com/profile/adam-foroughi/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Amiri https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview https://youtu.be/38YCBtzWptU?si=UJPqZc3RWqgOe_pH https://www.liquid.ai/team/ramin-hasani Adam Foroughi - Los Angeles, California, United States | Professional Profile | LinkedInlinkedin.com https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D50_DF8Aw7S0&ved=2ahUKEwimkOaE_e2RAxV2FjQIHSHrDpIQtwJ6BAgYEAI&usg=AOvVaw2n5JBp3evO3dgwfdt0zOzT https://www.sparkcapital.com/team-members/yasmin-razavi https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DtNZnLkRBYA8&ved=2ahUKEwie6-79_u2RAxVMFjQIHQlVHcAQtwJ6BAgaEAI&usg=AOvVaw3f3wVywqXIx5HWqTLdJg6- https://youtu.be/21EYKqUsPfg?si=pSYY0LOgQ4O_C3-5 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/secondpodcast/?viewAsMember=true X : https://x.com/thesecondpod Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thesecondpod/   #ArdalanJavadi #هوش_مصنوعی #عامل_محور #ایجنت #سندباکس_ایجنت #کارآفرینی #استارتاپ #جذب_سرمایه #سرمایه_جسورانه #سیلیکون_ولی #SecondPod

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