Jiaying Yang

Jiaying (Cathy) Yang is currently a Founder in Residence at Afore Capital and Co-Founder & CTO at BeFreed, where they focus on making learning engaging. Previously, they served as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Pinterest, where they specialized in modeling and developing LLM solutions. Jiaying has also held positions as a Data Scientist at Zurich North America, and as a Research Assistant at both Columbia University and Fudan University, contributing to projects in vehicle tracking and digital signal processing. Jiaying earned a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Fudan University.