Will Xie
Co-Founder CEO at Cosign AI
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolWill Xie is a founder and machine learning engineer with 12 years of experience building production-grade perception and AI systems, currently leading Cosign AI to deliver an AI copilot for healthcare professionals. He previously architected and scaled 3D perception stacks that enabled driverless, rider-only services at Cruise and Waymo across San Francisco and Los Angeles. Trained in electrical and computer engineering (Rice) and AI-focused computer science (UT Austin), he blends academic rigor with hands-on production deployments. His background spans multi-robot research, embedded systems, and real-time video analytics, giving him deep expertise in perception, distributed systems, and robust field engineering. Will is comfortable moving between low-level device drivers and large-scale ML pipelines, and he has a track record of shipping safety-critical systems in urban environments. Based in San Francisco, he combines startup leadership with proven technical delivery in high-stakes, regulated domains.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science (AI), Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science (AI) at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University
English, Chinese, Chinese
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Github Skills (78)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
willxie/GeneParmesan
Dec 2015 - Mar 2023
Contributions:1 push, 2 issues in 7 years 3 months
willxie/glove80-zmk-config
Apr 2023 - Jul 2026
Contributions:9 PRs, 36 pushes, 16 branches in 3 years 3 months
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