Alnur Ismail - Founder, Advisor, Investor

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These are in-progress notes from learning and building. Not polished. They capture the thinking, experiments, small insights, and uncertainties as they happen. It’s about the journey, not the destination.

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Featured image for post: Structured Tooling for Sandboxed Agents

February 10, 2026 • 1 min read

Structured Tooling for Sandboxed Agents

Featured image for post: GEPA in the Loop

February 5, 2026 • 1 min read

GEPA in the Loop

Featured image for post: Evolutionary Prompt Optimization & Bootstrapped Coding Agents

January 28, 2026 • 2 min read

Evolutionary Prompt Optimization & Bootstrapped Coding Agents

Featured image for post: Vectors Over Tokens for Non-Invasive BCI

January 16, 2026 • 2 min read

Vectors Over Tokens for Non-Invasive BCI

Featured image for post: Dissecting JEPA

December 12, 2025 • 4 min read

Dissecting JEPA

Featured image for post: Did JEPA Learn Anything?

December 9, 2025 • 2 min read

Did JEPA Learn Anything?

Featured image for post: JEPA Valence Standalone Experiment

December 4, 2025 • 1 min read

JEPA Valence Standalone Experiment

Featured image for post: A (attempted) JEPA Valence Policy

December 1, 2025 • 1 min read

A (attempted) JEPA Valence Policy

Featured image for post: Paper Club - Intrinsic Motivation For RL

November 26, 2025 • 2 min read

Paper Club - Intrinsic Motivation For RL

Curiosity PaperClub RL

Featured image for post: Greed Isn't a Good Policy

November 24, 2025 • 2 min read

Greed Isn't a Good Policy

Featured image for post: Reward Shaping Bitter Lesson

November 20, 2025 • 2 min read

Reward Shaping Bitter Lesson

Featured image for post: Multilayer CMA-ES

November 14, 2025 • 1 min read

Multilayer CMA-ES