Chris Lattner

Chris Lattner

Co-creator of Swift programming language, LLVM compiler infrastructure, Clang compiler, contributor to Mojo programming language and Modular AI initiatives, former Apple, Tesla, and Google engineer, founder and CEO in AI-related startups.

About

Chris Lattner is a legendary software and hardware engineer known for co-creating the Swift programming language, LLVM compiler infrastructure, and Clang compiler.
He played a pivotal role in advancing modern compiler technology and programming language design.
Lattner has worked at top tech companies including Apple, Tesla, and Google, focusing on software development, compiler construction, and AI research.
He is also involved in emerging AI programming languages like Mojo and modular AI architectures, continuing to innovate in software engineering and hardware co-design.

Areas of Expertise

software engineer hardware engineer

Recent Podcasts

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Chris Lattner: Future of Programming and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #381

Topic: Programming Languages and Artificial Intelligence

03:34:042,013,40813,4492 years ago
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Chris Lattner: The Future of Computing and Programming Languages | Lex Fridman Podcast #131

Topic: Computing, Programming Languages, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering

02:42:41587,2319,1385 years ago
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Chris Lattner: Compilers, LLVM, Swift, TPU, and ML Accelerators | Lex Fridman Podcast #21

Topic: Compilers, software engineering, and programming languages

01:13:06190,8114,8296 years ago
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