ON AI
APRIL 2021
THE STORY
Why I founded Superlinear Academy.
In 2023, I already saw this transformation coming: AI would be both a great flood, upending our careers and education, and a second Renaissance, bringing individual self-discovery and liberation.
In a flood, people need to learn to swim and build boats. A Renaissance needs Florence.
I founded Superlinear Academy to do both: teach people to harness AI, and build a city for creators. A place where people with ideas meet masters and peers, inspire and challenge one another, and turn ideas into work—and work into something that defines them.
I led a 30-person data and AI team at Tencent. Back in the U.S., I joined the early team at Statsig—later acquired by OpenAI—and returned to hands-on work.
Cornell → Amazon → Meta → Tencent → Statsig → Superlinear
My background and beliefsFROM PEERS · SELECTED EXCERPTS
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Liu Jia
Chair Professor, Tsinghua University
“Even as a scientist, I found his course deeply illuminating.”
Wei Manfredi
SVP, AI & Architecture · IHG
“Yuzheng has built an AI education community that is carefully curated, practical, and unusually useful for people doing real work.”
Vijaye Raji
CTO of Applications, OpenAI
“Yuzheng distills years of product growth wisdom into actionable insight…”
Dai Yusen
Partner, ZhenFund
“Yuzheng is a true AI-native pioneer.”
