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Kiara Nirghin

Rather · Thiel Fellow 2022

San Francisco, CA

Thiel Fellow 2022

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1,292 people in our graph share verified history with Kiara — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Dylan TaylorunlockedKiara: together at Big Think (2025–2026)
Kiara: together at 776 Foundation
×4Kiara: together at Colossal Biosciences
×3Kiara: together at Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)

About

Kiara Nirghin of San Francisco, CA was named a Thiel Fellow in the class of 2022, the Thiel Foundation's program that pays young founders a two-year stipend to build instead of finishing a degree. The Foundation's announcement for that class records that they were working on Rather.

Experience

  1. Stealth AI StartupBuildingcurrent2026 — present
  2. Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)Advisorcurrent2025 — present
  3. Colossal BiosciencesBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  4. Thiel CapitalThiel Fellowcurrent2022 — present
  5. Big ThinkEditorial Contributorcurrent2025 — present
  6. GoogleImpact Fund Board (AI)current2019 — present
  7. 776 Foundation776 Fellowcurrent2023 — present
  8. ChimaCo-Founder and CTO (aka AI Maximalist)2023 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
  9. Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)Stanford AI Lab2018 — 2023Stanford, California, United States
  10. Stanford UniversitySenior Researcher2018 — 2023
  11. Stanford UniversityComputer Science (AI) Instructor2019 — 2022
  12. MetaBoard Member, Advanced Tech Sustainability Board2018 — 2021
  13. MetaAI Research Engineer2020

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Who is Kiara Nirghin?
Kiara Nirghin of San Francisco, CA was named a Thiel Fellow in the class of 2022, the Thiel Foundation's program that pays young founders a two-year stipend to build instead of finishing a degree. The Foundation's announcement for that class records that they were working on Rather.
Where did Kiara Nirghin go to school?
Kiara Nirghin studied at Stanford University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Y Combinator.

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