Summary
Xiao W is a founder and seasoned software leader with 11 years building production-grade AI and distributed systems, now leading Hey Revia (YC S24) to automate complex healthcare phone calls with voice AI. Previously a technical lead at Pony.ai and an AI engineer at Glue, he combines full-stack GenAI expertise—vector databases, embeddings, LangChain/LlamaIndex—and fleet-scale systems experience from autonomous vehicle operations. At Google he led developer platform work for Actions on Google, and earlier roles involved building scalable REST APIs, Kafka messaging, and AWS clusters, reflecting deep backend and infrastructure chops. Based in Sunnyvale, he blends product-driven execution with research-minded engineering and an entrepreneurial bent that surfaces in shipping customer-facing AI products. An understated strength: he repeatedly moves novel ML research into reliable, monitored production services across regulated domains like healthcare and transportation.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Summer 24, Summer 24 at Y Combinator
Master’s Degree, Electrical Engineering, Master’s Degree, Electrical Engineering at Santa Clara University
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
English, Chinese