From Base Model to Agent: Inside NVIDIA’s PostTraining Stack
Hosted by Aishwarya Srinivasan & Arvind Narayan and Chris Alexiuk
Thu, Aug 20, 2026
4:00 PM UTC (1 hour)
Virtual (Zoom)
Free to join
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Thu, Aug 20, 2026
4:00 PM UTC (1 hour)
Virtual (Zoom)
Free to join
Go deeper with a course
What you'll learn
Understand the Modern Post-Training Stack
Design Rewards Models Can’t Game
Choose the Right Model and Reasoning Budget
Think Like a Post-Training Systems Engineer
Why this topic matters
You'll learn from
Aishwarya Srinivasan & Arvind Narayan
AI Engineers | Building & Teaching @ The Gen Academy
Aishwarya Srinivasan is the co-founder of The Gen Academy and one of the world's most recognized AI educators, with a community of over 1.2 million AI professionals across social platforms. Previously, she led AI Developer Relations at Fireworks AI and spent over a decade building AI products and ecosystems at Google, Microsoft, and IBM. She holds a Master's in Data Science from Columbia University. Known for breaking down complex AI concepts with clarity and honesty, Aishwarya teaches builders how to move beyond demos and develop production-ready AI systems that solve real business problems.
Arvind Narayanamurthy is the Co-founder of The Gen Academy, Previously AI Solutions Architect at Ema, and Founder of Eikos Health. He has built and deployed enterprise AI systems across Microsoft, IBM, Adobe, and high-growth startups, leading initiatives that translated machine learning into measurable business impact. Arvind holds a Master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University. His teaching focuses on first-principles thinking, practical engineering, and helping builders design, evaluate, and deploy reliable AI systems for production.
Chris Alexiuk
Product Research Engineer and Developer Advocate @ NVIDIA
Chris Alexiuk is a Product Research Engineer and Developer Advocate at NVIDIA, working at the intersection of machine learning research, generative AI, and developer education. His work spans NVIDIA’s AI ecosystem, including Nemotron, post-training, open models, and production AI systems. He also writes for the NVIDIA Technical Blog, speaks at AI conferences, and co-authored The AI Engineering Bootcamp from Wiley.
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