William Zhang
Founder at V11
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Zhang is a founder and engineer building Nebula, a general memory layer for self-improving AI, with eight years of software experience spanning early consumer bots to enterprise AI systems. He launched a widely used Discord chatbot at age 12, demonstrating long-standing product instincts and a knack for scalable, user-facing tooling. After roles across startups and corporate teams—from AI agents at Amazon to AI-native M&A tooling as a co-founder—he now focuses on memory models and venture partnerships in San Francisco. William blends hands-on engineering with founder-level product strategy and has academic grounding in Computer Science and Business from UT Austin. An early, persistent maker with experience shipping both consumer and enterprise AI, he’s particularly skilled at turning research-forward ideas into practical systems.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Business Administration Honors, Business Administration Honors at Texas McCombs School of BusinessComputer Science Honors, Computer Science Honors at The University of Texas at AustinLiberty High School
Chinese, Spanish, English
Github Skills (22)
discord-bot8
discord7
mechanize6
csharp5
webapp5
google-news5
web-application4
json-response4
happy4
python4
dotnet4
firebase4
api3
cloud-storage3
react3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
phytal/HomeAccessCenter-Web-API
May 2020 - Jul 2022
A web API for Home Access Center made with ASP.NET
Contributions:64 commits, 52 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
Phytal/Wsashi
May 2018 - May 2019
A multi-purpose Discord Bot coded in .NET Core 2.0
Contributions:70 commits, 2 PRs, 49 pushes in 1 year
dotnetdiscordbotdiscord-botpurpose
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