Ai Deng is a founder and data engineering leader with 11 years of experience building cloud-native data platforms and teams across fintech and online marketplaces. She combines hands-on architecture and engineering — from Spark ETL and RAG-driven backends to observability and automated data governance — with a product-minded approach to make data accessible and business-impactful. As founder of Gathers AI she built a live structured data platform and an AI assistant that transparently compares UK SME loans without using PII, drawing on past leadership at Mercari and Funding Circle. Known for pragmatic implementation of modern data stack tools, she prioritises automation, transparency and collaboration with lenders and SME communities to refine real-world workflows.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.) at Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-II) - Clermont-Ferrand
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