# Michael Zhang > OpenAI | Stanford CS + MS&E | Building AI Products Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/michaelzhang3 Hill-climbing towards AGI. Let's chat! ## Work Experience ### Member of Technical Staff @ OpenAI Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Search Applied Research + Computer-Use Agent Research. Prev trained Atlas Agent model, contributor to 5.2 + 5.4 agent capabilities. ### Forward Deployed Software Engineer @ Palantir Technologies Jan 2024 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area Accelerated research by 40% for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by launching data integration platform. Reduced LLM error rate by 10% via repairing AI clinical document analysis platform across 7500+ data tables. Led team of 5 engineers to increase internal platform usage by 15% by deploying LLM prompt iteration feature ### President @ Stanford Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Jan 2025 – Present | Stanford, California, United States ### Student Researcher @ Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) Jan 2023 – Present | Stanford, California, United States Investigating efficient methods of prompting large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. Mentored by Jesse Mu and Noah Goodman. ### National Security Innovation Scholar @ Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation Jan 2025 – Present | Stanford, California, United States ### Engineering/Product Fellow @ 8VC Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Invited to join 38 fellows in a company-building mentorship program to work with world-class founders and engineers on challenging technical problems. ### XFund Ethics Fellow @ Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) Jan 2025 – Present ### Garage Fellow @ Pear VC Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area 1 of 20 fellows selected on engineering talent to build industry-disrupting products. Invited to join after winning Pear Pitch Competition $10K prize for building AI agent-based CRM platform. ### Head of Product @ Dorm Room Fund Jan 2024 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area Scoping and building AI-powered products supporting $200+ million in AUM and for 200+ portfolio companies. Reach out at mzhang [at] dormroomfund.com ### Product Manager @ The Marriage Pact Jan 2023 – Present | New York, New York, United States Led team of 15+ campus partners across 50+ universities for AI-based soulmate matching for product expansion. Achieved 70%+ engagement rate across campuses consistently by scoping novel 7-day product launch cycles ### Artificial Intelligence Engineer @ InstaDeep Ltd Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States Designed and implemented LLM processor design platform by working with cross-functional core product team. Accelerated model training by 15% company-wide by scoping internal LLM tooling with senior technical leads. Improved AI inference performance by 25% via leading optimization deployment alongside engineering teams. ### Director of HackSpace @ Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES) Jan 2023 – Present | Stanford, California, United States ### Vice President of Technology @ Stanford Pre-Business Association Jan 2023 – Present | Stanford, California, United States ### Venture Capital Fellow (Deep Tech) @ Stanford ASES Jan 2023 – Present | Stanford, California, United States ● 1 of 6 members selected for the Deep Tech team ● Interfaced with industry experts and seasoned venture capitalists to complete capstone projects surveying state-of-the-art technologies and startups ### Project Leader @ Webacy Jan 2023 – Present | Stanford, California, United States ● Promoted because of leadership ability, strategic vision, and business insights ● Lead a team of business analysts to design and deploy go-to-market strategies for Webacy's core product set. ### Business Consultant @ Webacy Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Stanford, California, United States ● 1 of 10 business analysts selected ● Performed business development and market research for Webacy in collaboration with the Stanford Pre-Business Association. ### USACO Director @ Breakout Mentors Jan 2023 – Present ● Promoted because of leadership ability, strategic insight, and corporate vision ● Managed and grew an educational division of 10+ mentors ### USACO Mentor @ Breakout Mentors Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 ● Developed a comprehensive competitive programming curriculum in 3 languages (C++, Java, Python). ● Delivered over 100+ hours of personalized and structured tutoring sessions for beginner to advanced students. ### Deloitte Leadership, Allyship, and Mentorship (DLAMP) Scholar @ Deloitte Jan 2023 – Present | Stanford, California, United States ● 1 of 15 scholars selected as part of the Stanford cohort ● Engaged with junior and senior-level consultants at Deloitte to develop career-oriented skillsets ### CURIS Scholar @ Stanford University Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Stanford, California, United States Project: “Metric Distortion Bounds for Randomized Social Choice” ● Constructed sophisticated mathematical models via linear programming for simulating elections. ● Proved existing conjectures regarding upper and lower bounds for 2 to 5 candidate election instances. ● Presented results to symposium attended by 40+ CURIS scholars and faculty (bit.ly/mzhang_curis22) ### Venture Capital Fellow @ Romulus Capital Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area Thesis-driven sourcing and due diligence support. Romulus Capital is a lead investor in early-stage Seed & Series A/B/C startups in B2B enterprise and commercialization of science across different verticals. We focus on company-building, rather than betting on companies. Rather than investing in dozens of startups, we go all-in on a few companies a year on capital, team recruitment, customer introductions, and GTM strategy. Our firm is a unique combination of young and entrepreneurial, yet established with 3 funds with ~$250M AUM. We pride ourselves as a small, hungry team that brings the same level of grit and hustle as our founders. ## Education ### Master of Science - MS (4.30/4.00) in Management Science and Engineering Stanford University ### Undergraduate (4.03/4.00) in Computer Science Stanford University ### High School Diploma (4.02/4.00) The Lawrenceville School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/michaelyfzhang - Portfolio: https://bit.ly/mzhang_site --- Source: https://flows.cv/michaelzhang3 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/michaelzhang3/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-10