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Kiana Ehsani

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Kiana Ehsani

@ehsanik

Making models smarter @ Anthropic, formerly CEO and Co-Founder @ Vercept (acquired by Anthropic), Climber on the weekends. Opinions are my own.

Seattle, WA

Joined March 2015

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Kiana Ehsani
@ehsanik
Feb 25
This is a long post, mainly because I have a lot to say, but in case you are too busy: TLDR: @Vercept_ai is joining @AnthropicAI! We shared a mission, so we joined forces to accelerate it into reality. Couldn't be more excited! Why Vercept was started In 2024, AI coding tools
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Kiana Ehsani
@ehsanik
Dec 24, 2024
🚨BREAKING: A mysterious virus is spreading. Unfortunately, Ross Girshick (@inkynumbers), @mattdeitke, @LucaWeihs, and I recently got infected. 🦠 This brain-targeting virus causes highly irrational behavior. Common symptoms include: 🛑 Quitting well-paying jobs 🛑 Leaving
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Kiana Ehsani
@ehsanik
Jul 6, 2020
As of a few hours ago, I'm officially a Research Scientist @allen_ai. So excited to start my career working with the amazing researchers at AI2 and PRIOR team.
Kiana Ehsani
@ehsanik
Oct 21, 2025
Congratulations to Ross for winning yet another, Test of Time Award for his high-impact (single author 😲!!!) paper Fast R-CNN! At lunch today, he told us the story behind the paper and his journey and let me tell you, it was FASCINATING. I tried to convince him to share it
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Kiana Ehsani
@ehsanik
Oct 21, 2021
I feel awful working on the CVPR deadline and having first-world problems (like OMG my learning curves are ugly!), while my parents, who are both healthcare workers in Iran, keep getting re-infected and getting hospitalized over and over again!
Kiana Ehsani
@ehsanik
Dec 13, 2023
📣 I’m hiring interns for Summer 2024 @allen_ai 🚀! Interested in a cool opportunity? Read this thread! 🧵 Think it's a match? Reach out to me at [email protected] 📩 #Internship #AI #Robotics
Kiana Ehsani
@ehsanik
Dec 13, 2023
The work was done during @RchalYang 's internship @ PRIOR @allen_ai. You know what else we do during our internships after doing cool projects? We go on boat rides :D
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Kiana Ehsani
@ehsanik
Sep 25, 2024
Back in 2016, I submitted my first CVPR paper after pulling an all-nighter—promised myself I’d never do that again and be more prepared next time. Fast forward to last night at 2:30 AM ⏰, still in the office working on Molmo, and realizing I’ve been doing these pre-deadline
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Kiana Ehsani
@ehsanik
Mar 17, 2023
Introducing our new approach for building robust robots: Phone2Proc! @CVPR 23 Want to boost your sim-to-real agent’s performance from 34% to 70% WITHOUT any real-world finetuning? Are you tired of agents’ poor performance in complex real-world environments?This thread is for you!
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Kiana Ehsani
@ehsanik
Mar 25, 2021
Working on CVPR camera-ready with a tiny bit of disturbance... #cvpr2021
Kiana Ehsani
@ehsanik
Jan 27, 2023
At PRIOR @allen_ai, we are working at the X of robotics & CV to build the next generation of household robots. We work on ambitious projects and push boundaries in this field. If you’re interested in being a part of this team, join us! Reach out to me directly! #hiring #tech
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Kiana Ehsani
@ehsanik
Dec 7, 2023
🚀 Imitating shortest paths in simulation enables effective navigation and manipulation in the real world. Our findings fly in the face of conventional wisdom! This is a big joint effort from PRIOR @allen_ai (6 first authors!). spoc-robot.github.io
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Kiana Ehsani
@ehsanik
Apr 29, 2025
We are out of stealth! So excited to share what we've been building with the world!🥹
Vercept
@Vercept_ai
Apr 29, 2025
Today we're excited to introduce Vy, our AI that sees and acts on your computer. At Vercept, our mission is to reinvent how humans use computers–enabling you to accomplish orders of magnitude more than what you can do today. Vy is a first glimpse at AI that sees and uses your
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Kiana Ehsani
@ehsanik
Jul 14, 2025
FYI Meta ASI (Artificial Super Intelligence) comp rumors are true! 😏 Matt Deitke has left Vercept to join the ASI team at Meta. Matt was one of the important team members in outlining our initial roadmap and he will be missed.😍 Ross, Luca and I and the rest of the Vercept
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Kiana Ehsani
@ehsanik
Oct 17, 2024
🎉 I woke up to amazing news! Huge congrats to @RchalYang for winning the Best Paper Award at IROS 2024 #IROS2024! 🏆 Mentoring him has been a joy, and I’m thrilled our work is getting the recognition from the community! 🌟 Check out our paper and website:
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