{"id":3594,"date":"2025-05-26T16:57:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T20:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimlabs.com\/articles\/?p=3594"},"modified":"2025-05-26T16:57:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T20:57:34","slug":"how-valens-helped-cloud9-make-history-on-the-aimlabs-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimlabs.com\/articles\/aimlabs\/how-valens-helped-cloud9-make-history-on-the-aimlabs-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"How valens Helped Cloud9 Make History on the Aimlabs Podcast!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another new episode of the Aimlabs Podcast is now live! Wayne and Jimmy Lin chat with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/valens\">Soham \u201cvalens\u201d Chowdhury<\/a><\/strong>, the former <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud9.gg\/\">Cloud9<\/a><\/strong> coach, data scientist, and all-around esports strategist, who now serves as the Head of Gaming &amp; Data Science for Evil Geniuses. Explore his mischievous beginnings in gaming to becoming a pivotal figure behind <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/liquipedia.net\/counterstrike\/ELEAGUE\/2018\/Major\">C9&#8217;s historic CS:GO Major victory<\/a><\/strong>. 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