Lilian Weng
Co-Founder at Thinking Machines Lab
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLilian Weng is a seasoned AI researcher and engineering leader with 14 years of experience combining deep research and product-focused applied AI. She has led multiple teams at OpenAI—spanning robotics research, applied AI research, safety systems, and briefly serving as VP of Research, Safety—and now co-founds Thinking Machines Lab to translate cutting-edge models into safe, real-world applications. Her work bridges large-scale model development, production deployment, and applied safety, with contributions to influential projects like robotic dexterity and embedding/content-moderation research. Prior roles at Affirm and Dropbox honed her skills in production ML systems, data pipelines, and backend engineering, while a PhD in Complex Systems underpins her research rigor. An active full‑stack developer in personal projects, she also iterates on user experience and analytics (her blog repo emphasizes frontend polish and Google Analytics integration), reflecting a founder’s mix of technical breadth and product sensibility.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Complex Systems and Networks, Ph.D. Complex Systems and Networks at Indiana University BloomingtonBachelor's degree Information System and Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Information System and Computer Science at Peking UniversityThe University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Github Skills (7)
html10
css10
markdown10
markdown-it10
jekyll10
google-analytics9
javascript7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
lilianweng/lil-log
Jul 2017 - Feb 2022
Lilian's Blog
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:356 commits, 5 PRs, 346 pushes in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Lilian primarily contributed to the frontend development of a blog, as indicated by the changes in layout, header, footer, and content pages. They implemented features such as adding contact and FAQ pages, adding social sharing buttons, and incorporating Google Analytics. Moreover, the user made various style and content updates, showing a focus on improving the user experience and content presentation of the blog.
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lilianweng/lilianweng.github.io
Nov 2013 - Jan 2023
My personal page
Contributions:52 commits, 85 pushes in 9 years 3 months
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