Summary
Anna Li is a founding product and growth leader with eight years of cross-disciplinary experience building voice AI, edtech, computer vision, and robotics products from prototype to millions of users. She’s shipped Instagram Reels features to 100M+ users, led mobile games and teacher analytics for IXL’s 44M+ user base, and prototyped LiDAR systems for robotaxis—bringing a rare blend of consumer product instincts and deep technical chops. As a repeat founder and first hire at Aristotle, she focuses on voice-first education products but has a history of launching diverse consumer apps, crypto wallets, and research projects. Her background spans data journalism, cybersecurity identity systems, and early scientific research (including black hole simulations), reflecting a taste for high-impact, curious problem solving. Not obvious from titles: she’s run community growth initiatives that scaled to thousands of students while also exhibiting art at major galleries and running unconventional offline projects that reveal a knack for creative growth tactics. Based in San Francisco and trained at Carnegie Mellon, she combines product sensibility, technical fluency, and entrepreneurial grit to build and grow ambitious AI-first experiences.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Study Abroad, Study Abroad at Queen Mary University of London
Science Honors Program, Science Honors Program at Columbia University
Bachelor of Science - BS Information Systems, Bachelor of Science - BS Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University
Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (President) Badminton team (first doubles) Key Club, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (President) Badminton team (first doubles) Key Club at Hunter College High School