Summary
Andrew Zhu is a Member of Technical Staff with a decade of experience building applied AI products and teams, currently working on early-stage projects at Sage AI Labs alongside Sebastian Thrun. He previously built an AI agent at Daydream and spent many years at Microsoft progressing from Community roles into applied data science, translating user insights into production ML systems. Andrew is also an author of two technical books—including Using Stable Diffusion with Python—demonstrating practical expertise in generative AI and developer-facing tooling. He combines research-grade knowledge with hands-on engineering, shipping models, data pipelines, and agent systems end-to-end. Based in Issaquah, WA, he blends startup grit with enterprise discipline and a knack for turning community signals into product improvements. An active writer and commentator, he shares technical deep dives on Medium and Twitter under xhinker.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science and Technology, Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science and Technology at Heilongjiang University
Chinese, English