Carl Stauffer
Founder/CEOFounder and CEO of Riften. Former Palantir Forward Deployed Engineer. Former nuclear researcher at Jefferson Lab. CS and AMS at Johns Hopkins.
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
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Riften
Overview
Riften is an independent AI research lab exploring intelligence in software and the physical world.
We study how models learn and represent knowledge, and build systems that put that research to work. Our work spans model routing, evaluations, post-training, and physical AI.
Earned intelligence.
Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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5team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15
Founded 2026 · Source
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Summer 2026Summer 2026
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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented
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- Dated milestonesDated source activity: 2026 Q3 (quarter only)
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