# Kai Cheng > Founding Engineer | ex-DRW | AI@Penn | NLP@Cornell | LLM Agent@Columbia Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kaicheng1 Founding Engineer/Chief of Staff at Silicon Data, backed by DRW and Jump Trading, where we bring transparency to the global GPU market My background spans Agentic System, LLMs, quant modeling, NLP: πŸ› οΈ Building data and intelligence products for GPU, LLM, and compute markets πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Working on graph-based multi-agent RAG at Columbia University πŸ’» Previously, I built large-scale retrieval and ranking systems at Cornell University I’m passionate about solving complex technical challenges and contributing to innovative projects. Let’s connect and discuss how I can help drive value to your next venture. ## Work Experience ### Founding Engineer @ Silicon Data Jan 2024 – Present β€’ GPU index ### Chief of Staff @ Silicon Data Jan 2024 – Present β€’ AI startup bringing transparency to compute markets, backed by DRW and Jump Trading β€’ Scaled 5 β†’ 20+ team across product, infra, and GTM ### Special Investment @ DRW Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States β€’ AI & compute initiatives backed by founder/CEO ### Software Engineer @ DRW Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States β€’ Perform financial sentiment analysis and using LLMs to evaluate quantitative market trends. ### AI Researcher @ Columbia University Jan 2025 – Present β€’ Evaluated multi-hop retrieval (RAG, LLaMA, composite) for reasoning. (Advised by Prof. Zhou Yu). ### ALICE Project supported by Millennium and Cornell ICPC @ Millennium Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States β€’ Co-Lead ALICE (Aligning Language models for Interactive Code Execution). ### LLM Researcher, Cornell NLP Group @ Cornell University Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York, United States β€’ Built a large-scale retrieval search system for authorship attribution. (Advised by Prof. Alexander Rush). ### Applied Scientist – AI & ML @ 7thonline Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York, United States β€’ Enhanced sales forecasting and planning with time series models (ETS, ARIMA, LSTM, Prophet). ### Software Engineer Intern – Machine Learning @ 7thonline Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States β€’ Built a time series pipeline for demand planning and anomaly detection by using decision trees. ### Full-Stack Engineer, Tree 11 Project @ Cornell Tech Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | New York, United States β€’ Developed TREE11 with NYC Open Data for the NYC Department of Parks. (Advised by Prof. Nikhil Garg). ### Software Developer – Embedded Systems @ Weill Cornell Medicine Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States β€’ Constructed an interactive CPR model. (Advised by Emily Chien, MD and Tom Maloney PhD). ### Prompt Engineer & Business Consultant (Capstone Project) @ J.P. Morgan Asset Management Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States β€’ Built an LLMs-based tool for monitoring non-compliant events. ### Access Computing HCI Program Researcher @ Tsinghua University Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Beijing, China β€’ Researched self-affirmation theory to reduce smartphone overuse. (Advised by Prof. Xuhai Xu). ### Software Engineer – AI Platform @ Ucarer Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 β€’ Managed SaaS lifecycle from concept to launch, leading design, full-stack dev, and cross-team execution. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Ucarer Inc. Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 ### Business Consultant – Intelligence & Analytics @ Corporate Value Associates Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 β€’ Researched public health policies, NHI, CDC and interviewed experts for vaccine launch in Greater China. ### Technology Analyst @ Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)(ε·₯ζ₯­ζŠ€θ‘“η ”η©Άι™’, ε·₯η ”ι™’) Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 β€’ Researched supply chains, policies, and developments in electric vehicle (EV) markets worldwide. ### Research Scientist – Particle Astrophysics & High-Energy, LeCosPA @ National Taiwan University Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 β€’ Built a Muon detector with Geiger-MΓΌller tubes to measure cosmic ray. (Advised by Prof. Jiwoo Nam). ### Visiting Researcher @ National Taiwan University Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 β€’ CV quality detection and flicker detection. (Advised by Prof. Shih-Wei Liao) ### Member @ IEEE Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 β€’ IEEE NTU branch. ### Data Scientist Consultant (IBM Mentorship Program) @ IBM Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 β€’ Analyzed financial systems and designed strategic anti-money laundering (AML) solutions. ### UI/UX Designer & Frontend Engineer, Google HPS Program @ Google Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 β€’ Collaborated to build a smart chair with gesture detection. ### Machine Learning Engineer – CV (AI Bootcamp) @ Cinnamon AI Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 β€’ Trained CNN models classification and prediction, utilizing data augmentation to improve accuracy. ### Sanofi Winter Program Trainee @ Sanofi Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 β€’ Devised strategies to boost medication sales during the COVID-19 pandemic in a pharmaceutical contest. ### Business Consultant (Capstone Project) @ Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 β€’ Conducted qual/quant research to support for AI startup expansion in Taiwan market. ### Data Analyst @ Kantar Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 β€’ Delivered insights for FMCG clients via A/B testing and optimized opinion research data lifecycle. ### Scholarship Holder @ European Forum Alpbach Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 ### EFA Scholarship Holder @ Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 ### Data Scientist @ Academia Sinica, Taiwan Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 β€’ Modeled health status with hierarchical linear models, AHP, and PCA. (Advised by Prof. Chyong-Fang Ko). ### Statistical Analyst @ Population Association of Taiwan Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 ### Delegate @ Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 ### Representative @ Harvard College in Asia Program (HCAP) Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 ### Delegate, Northeast Asia Student Round Table @ Seoul National University Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 ## Education ### Master of Science in Engineering in Artificial Intelligence University of Pennsylvania ### Master of Science - MS in Computing and Information Science Cornell University ### Master of Science - MS in Computer and Information Systems Cornell Tech ### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science Technion - Israel Institute of Technology ### Global Summer School Tsinghua University ### Summer School Peking University ### Master of Science (COVID-19 Visiting) in Physics National Taiwan University ### Master of Science (COVID-19 Visiting) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science National Taiwan University ### Master of Business Administration (COVID-19 Visiting) in Business Administration National Taiwan University ### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Sociology National Taiwan University ### Ilam Primary School in Christchurch, New Zealand ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kaiicheng - Website: https://kaiicheng.github.io/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/kaicheng1 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kaicheng1/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01