// PERSON
Keller Jordan
ROLE INDEPENDENT DEVELOPERMENTIONS 1LAST SEEN AUGUST 3, 2026
// BIO
Keller Jordan is an independent developer and researcher known for creating the Muon optimizer, an optimization algorithm for the hidden layers of neural networks. He is best known for his work on the NanoGPT speedrunning project, where Muon improved training speed records and was subsequently adopted by organizations including Kimi.ai for scaled large language model training. He collaborates with researchers including Jeremy Bernstein and has contributed to open-source AI training tools.
// RECENT MENTIONS
// SIGNALS
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mention·晚点聊 LateTalk·AUGUST 3, 2026
“Muon was originally created by an individual developer, Karen Jordan. I learned that Muon was born inside an open-source project Jordan started called NanoGPT Speedrun.”
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