About
Currently at Airbnb. Previously at Capital One and Walmart Global Tech. MBA from NYU Stern. MS in Analytics from Georgia Tech. Adjunct faculty at Northeastern University.
I'm Jiazhen Zhu. I've spent 15+ years building data and AI products — from designing production ML pipelines to leading data platform teams.
What I Focus On
My day-to-day is at the intersection of AI systems and real-world delivery — getting from a working prototype to something that runs reliably in production. I write about what that actually looks like, because most writing on AI stops at the demo.
Background
Over 15 years I've designed production ML pipelines, led data platform teams, and shipped AI-powered products used by millions of people at Airbnb, Capital One, and Walmart. That's given me a pattern library of what actually breaks when organizations try to move fast with AI — and what quietly works.