New York University
UC Santa Cruz
Tatsu HashimotoAssistant Professor of Computer Science · Stanford UniversityResearcher↗
Researcher · Academic · Founder
Christopher Potts
Stanford UniversityProfessor
Bigspin AICo-Founder & Chief Scientist
Potts studies how people convey meaning beyond the literal words they use—for example through context, implication, and tone—and turns those insights into tools for language AI. His work has shaped sentiment analysis and ways of testing whether models understand language.
Career & education
Current rolesStanford University2009-presentProfessorBigspin AI2025-presentCo-Founder & Chief Scientist
Stanford University2009-presentBigspin AI2025-presentPreviously
University of Massachusetts Amherst2003-2009
University of Massachusetts Amherst2003-2009Education
Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations73,224As of Oct 20, '26
citations+9,352Since last snapshot, Jun 15, '26
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