Allis Yao
Member Of Technical Staff at OpenAI
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAllis Yao is a seasoned software engineer and founder with a decade of experience building consumer product features and founding AI startups in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has progressed from iOS engineering at Instagram to leading creator monetization teams and shipping blockchain-based digital collectible experiments that increased creator revenue and engagement. As a founder she launched Spirito AI’s ProfG.AI and briefly led cubic (YC X25) helping modern engineering teams accelerate delivery and code quality. In late 2025 she joined OpenAI as a Member of Technical Staff, bringing product-driven engineering and startup grit to advanced AI efforts. Allis combines hands-on shipping experience across mobile, backend and AI products with talent building and scaling teams internationally from London to SF. A UC Berkeley computer science graduate, she has a track record of turning creator-centric product ideas into live, monetizable experiences.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyY Combinator
Github Skills (7)
chat10
react-native9
react8
javascript3
automation2
typescript1
continuous-integration1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
allisonee/Davide
Aug 2023 - Apr 2025
Contributions:1 PR, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 7 months
mrge-io/homebrew-tap
Feb 2025 - Mar 2025
Contributions:22 releases, 22 pushes, 5 branches in 23 days
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