Summary
Michael Gu is a founder and technical leader with 11 years of experience building AI, e-commerce, blockchain, and fintech platforms, currently co-founding and CTO of Ferra after leading product and engineering at Growlink. He combines hands-on engineering, product design, and startup strategy—scaling SaaS products from seed to acquisition (FloEnvy) and deploying platforms used by millions (Zlto’s 3M beneficiaries). His background spans machine learning at PayPal, blockchain infrastructure at ConsenSys, and full-stack product delivery at high-traffic consumer platforms. Michael’s work emphasizes automated, data-driven workflows—from ML/NLP pipelines and API-first architectures to automated takeoffs and 3D model generation for construction. He champions open education and relentless iteration, bringing both scientific research experience and practical startup grit to solve domain-specific problems. Based in New York, he blends global perspective (exchange study in international policy) with deep technical breadth across systems, product, and go-to-market execution.
11 years of coding experience