Xinchi Q
Co-Founder at The AI Collective
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolXinchi Q is a founder and machine learning engineer with nine years of experience building AI startups and research prototypes across North America and China. Currently co-founder of Revamp AI (YC S23) and partner at The AI Collective, he moves fluidly between early-stage product development and technical leadership. His background includes founding Dreamwell AI, a researcher stint at McGill, and ML engineering at Ericsson, reflecting a mix of academic rigor and production-focused experience. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area and educated at McGill and Collège Jean‑de‑Brébeuf, he brings international perspective from Dalian to Montreal to Toronto. Known for a "just go for it" approach that drives rapid iteration, he combines risk-taking with practical delivery—about an 85% success rate by his own metric. Colleagues describe him as a founder who ships prototypes fast and then scales them into sustainable products.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School + DEC (International Baccalaureate), High School + DEC (International Baccalaureate) at Collège Jean-de-BrébeufCollège Jean-de-Brébeuf, Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf at International BaccalaureateBachelor of Engineering - BE, Bachelor of Engineering - BE at McGill University
Chinese, French, Latin, English
Github Skills (5)
hci6
controller5
draw5
gestures4
virtual-reality3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
xxc2016/VRSketchwithHandSurface
Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
you can create surfaces by gestures with left hand, and draw sketches on them by VR controller with right hand in VR environment. (VR+Leapmotion4.6)
Contributions:8 commits, 4 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 day
controllervirtual-realitydrawhciunity
xxc2016/Etime
Oct 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:139 commits, 57 pushes in 9 months
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