Summary
Yucheng Liu is an engineering leader and founder with 11 years building AI-first platforms, currently serving as Interim CTO at Lucius AI and founder of Velocity1, an incubator scaling solo founders to paid communities and investor networks. He architected Wayfair’s machine learning feature platform—streamlining feature lifecycle, real-time serving, and parity validation—and previously helped grow Artflow into a Sequoia‑backed AIGC product featured on Product Hunt. Known for blending hands-on systems design (GPU/cloud infra, PyTorch pipelines) with product and ops work, he has repeatedly translated research-grade ML into production at scale. At Lucius AI he introduced AI Ops and prompt engineering practices that boosted team productivity tenfold, reflecting a knack for process-driven technical leadership. Based in Newton, MA, he combines deep security and ML training from Georgia Tech with a promoter’s instinct for community-driven startup ecosystems.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Information Security, Information Security at Southeast University
Bachelor's degree Information Security Technology, Bachelor's degree Information Security Technology at Northwestern Polytechnical University
English