Ang Li
CEO & Co-Founder at Simular
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAng Li is a founder and AI leader with 13 years of experience building research-driven, production-scale systems; after a decade at Google DeepMind and leadership roles at Baidu Apollo, he now leads Simular to create autonomous AI agents that interact with software like humans. He holds a PhD-level research background and is an author on 39 papers in top AI venues, blending deep technical credibility with product and engineering execution across Ads, Maps, and YouTube-scale systems. As a two-time ACM/ICPC World Finalist who has built and led autonomous driving teams, he pairs algorithmic rigor with systems engineering and operational leadership. Based in San Francisco, he’s on a mission to democratize AI assistance by automating repetitive interface work so people can focus on higher-value tasks.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Nanjing UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at University of MarylandResearch associate, Research associate at Carnegie Mellon University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (7)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
khoadoan/slda-hadoop
Apr 2013 - May 2013
Contributions:92 commits in 18 days
anglili/anglili.github.io
Jul 2018 - Feb 2023
Contributions:91 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
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