Yan Zhang

Yan Zhang has a diverse work experience in the technology industry, with a focus on AI, blockchain, and gaming.

- From November 2019 onwards, Yan Zhang has been serving as the Co-Founder and CTO of rct AI, a company that is building an AI-powered Metaverse on the blockchain. In this role, Yan Zhang provides AI solutions to gaming companies and develops crypto games.

- In November 2021, Yan Zhang became the Co-Founder and CTO of Delysium, the world's first AAA blockchain game.

- Also in November 2021, Yan Zhang founded and became the CEO of Deterrence, the world's first AI Layer for powering intelligent NFTs. This open-source platform integrates AI into play-to-earn games.

- Since June 2022, Yan Zhang has been the Founder and CEO of Soularis, although the specific focus of the company is not provided.

- Starting from September 2021, Yan Zhang has been an advisor to Mirror World, an AI-powered virtual carnival that yields crypto returns.

- Prior to these entrepreneurial ventures, Yan Zhang gained industry experience as a Senior Software Engineer and Software Engineer at NVIDIA from January 2018 to February 2020.

- Yan Zhang also worked as a Research Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University from August 2017 to December 2017.

- Additionally, Yan Zhang gained relevant experience through internships at NVIDIA and Axwave Inc. in software engineering roles.

- Yan Zhang's early work experience includes a role as a Site Reliability Engineer at Baidu, Inc. from November 2014 to May 2015. In this role, Yan Zhang was responsible for the operation and maintenance of large clusters on distributed servers and conducted research on lightweight virtualization technologies.

Yan Zhang began their education in 2011 at Beihang University, where they pursued a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Software Engineering. Yan completed their undergraduate studies in 2015. In 2016, Yan Zhang enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University and earned a Master of Science degree in Software Engineering in 2017.