Yuchen
CEO
Previously VP of Engineering at Instacart and Principal Engineer at Google Ads
Ph.D in Machine Learning from Northwestern, B.Eng from Tsinghua
MAI PEOPLE
Cutting-edge AI.
Unreplaceable humans.
50+
Combined years in performance marketing
$200M+
In ad spend managed collectively
80%
of our team with advanced degrees (MS or above), including 8 PhDs
14
Data Scientists & ML researchers
#mai-agents
The great equalizer
The internet was supposed to be the great equalizer, but the sheer complexity of modern performance marketing has created a new kind of barrier: not just to entry, but to sustained relevance. Whether you are a local shop or a global enterprise, we build #mai-agents to simplify that complexity and return agency to the creator. Our tech provides the operational horsepower to cut through the technical noise, allowing you to focus on building genuine connections and getting back to the craft of your business.
#mai-people
The human connection
There’s a misconception that AI means we can stop worrying about the “human element.” We believe the opposite. When you use MAI, you shouldn’t just feel like you bought a tool. You should feel like we’re in your corner, cheering for you and celebrating your wins.
Two sides of the same coin
Success at MAI lives at the intersection of technical excellence and human empathy. We care deeply about your “why.” We believe the way we treat one another and our customers is just as important as the products we build.
THE TEAM
Meet #mai-people
The people behind the tech are the ones who give this company its pulse. We are a team defined by our passions, our families, and our unique perspectives.
Jian
CTO
Previously Sr Director of Engineering at Instacart and Senior Staff Engineer at Google Ads
Ph.D in Machine Learning from UC Santa Cruz. B.Eng from Fudan
Liang
Founding Engineer
Previously Staff engineer at Instacart and Google Ads
Ph.D in Machine Learning from Indiana University Bloomington. B.Eng from SJTU
Xiangyu
Head of AI
Previously Director of Engineering at Instacart and Staff Engineer at Google
Ph.D in Statistics from Duke University. Bachelor in Math from Peking University.
Chia-eng
Member of Technical Staff
Previously Staff engineer at Instacart and software engineer at Amazon
Master in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UCI. B.Eng. from National Chiao Tung University
Jin
Member of Technical Staff
Previously Staff Machine Learning engineer at Instacart and Machine Learning engineer at Google, Pinterest.
Master in computer science from UT Austin. BS from Nanjing University.
Gavin
Member of Technical Staff
Previously Senior Backend engineer at Instacart and at Kiavi.
Master in computer engineering from University of Michigan. BS in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University.
Haipeng Zheng
Data Scientist
Previously Member of Research Staff at The Voleon Group
Ph.D. Princeton University
B.Eng. Tsinghua University.
Destiny Everett
Executive Business Partner
Previously Executive Assistant at Instacart
MFA from University of San Francisco
BA Philosophy from Nova Southeastern University
Mia
Design Lead
Previously Senior Product Design at Babco
Bachelor in Industrial Engineering from Tehran University
Tony
Member of Technical Staff
Previously Staff Data Science Engineer at Stripe, with 2 startup exits earlier.
PhD in ECE from CMU, Machine Learning Focus. BS in EE from Tsinghua.
Huayang Cui
Member of Technical Staff
Previously staff engineer at Databricks, ex-Lyft|ex-AWS.
Dipti
Member of Technical Staff
Previously Machine Learning engineer at Typeface and Data Scientist at IBM
Master in Computer Science from UCLA, B.Tech from IIT Bombay
Kan Ta
Head of People and Talent
Ex-Robinhood, Pinterest, Reddit, Airbnb.
Ex-Co-Owner of Binc (acq. by Robinhood).
B.S. Biology, UC Irvine.
J.D. University of San Diego.
Igor Rogovic
Performance Marketing Strategist
Previously Lead Strategist at HawkSEM
B.A. in Economics, Portland State University.
BO LI
Member of Technical Staff
Previously Senior Machine Engineer II at Credit Karma/Intuit, Senior Backend engineer at Google Shopping Ads and ex-Microsoft.
PhD in CISE from UF. Master and Bachelor in EE from Huazhong University of Sci & Tech.
Nitin Mangal
Head of Product
Previously Director of Product at Walmart.
MBA from MIT Sloan. B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur.
Shuo Feng
Data Scientist
Previous founding data science leader at TikTok and ex-Googler. Previous co-founder of CreatorLook AI.
MS in Computer Science of Georgia Tech, MS in Business Analytics of U. Minnesota Twin City. BA Tianjin U.
Lifu Zhang
Member of Technical Staff
Previously Software engineer at Google (Ads). Researcher at BU and Harvard.
B.S. Computer Engineering and Dual degree in Physics, Boston University.
Mark McMaster
Head of Sales
Previously Head of eCommerce at Snapchat and Head of Industry, Performance Ads at Google.
Masters in Marketing from Northwestern University, BS/BA in Journalism, Political Science and Humanities from University of Kansas.
Muhammad Talha
Member of Technical Staff
Previously Software Engineer at PolicyMe
Bachelor of Computer Science from University of Waterloo
Qingchao Meng
Member of Technical Staff
Previously Machine Learning Engineer at Meta Ads. Former quant engineer at hedge funds.
Master in Statistics and Biophysics from UT Austin. B.Sci from Peking.
Jeremy Chuang
Member of Technical Staff
Previously a Software Engineer at LinkedIn and Symantec.
Master in Software Engineering from San José State University.
Adam Domingue
Client Partner
Previously Account Executive in Performance Marketing Software
B.S. in Marketing from Colorado State University
Connie Chu
Account Manager
Previously Paid Acquisition Lead at Atlassian, leading performance marketing across its portfolio of products including Jira, Confluence, Loom, & More
10+ years in performance marketing across in-house and agency roles.
BA in Statistics from UC Berkeley.
Jason Cutter
Client Partner
Previously in partnerships and business development roles in the data, identity, ecommerce, and programmatic advertising technology ecosystem
B.B.A. in Marketing Mgmt & M.I.S. from the University of Memphis
ADVISORS
Our advisors
Tal Shaked
Advisor
Chief Machine Learning Engineer, Moloco.
Yihong Wu
Advisor
James A. Attwood Professor of Statistics and Data Science. Chair, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Yale University.
Jerry Dischler
Advisor
Former President/VP/GM at Google, leading Ads, Workspace, AI Apps and Commerce.
Deep Nishar
Advisor
Former Managing Director at General Catalyst
Anurag Agarwal
Advisor
VP Engineering at Snowflake
Former Google Fellow/VP Engineering, Google Ads
David Rodnitzky
Advisor
Founder of 3Q Digital, one of the world’s largest performance marketing agencies.
Sarah Charlton
Advisor
Former GM and Head of Growth Marketing at Asana, pre and post-IPO
Former Director of Strategic Marketing Operations and Head of BizOps at Dropbox, pre and post-IPO
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