About
Anna Zhang is a Yale graduate who previously worked as an engineer on Amazon's recommendation service, where she developed machine learning features and led an experiment with significant business impact. She has a background in neuroscience research from her work at The Rockefeller University and co-founded Nessie to develop AI systems.
Anna Z @anna_y_zhang
this happened before. "you can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics" - Solow, 1987. the paradox only resolved when companies reorganized around the technology instead of sprinkling it onto existing workflows. feels like the same moment: individual https://t.co/gqllLx92VY
Aug 2, 2026 Β· β₯ 20
Anna Z @anna_y_zhang
the cool part of qm is the culture it comes from: yc shared a while back that their agent sessions are broadcast internally, so people learn by watching each other work with agents. the org's agent history as shared learning material. every company is going to want a version of https://t.co/lb9nEzWJ7m
Aug 1, 2026 Β· β₯ 29 Β· β 4
Anna Z @anna_y_zhang
rly cool mission. tho part of me wonders if we as humans quietly want to escape the path of being perfectly predicted https://t.co/n3IqFlRXD2
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 5
Co-Founder & CEO at NessieYC F25
Intro paths
Anna went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator β the partner who ran Nessie's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Anna can intro founders to Nessie's investors below.
Nessie's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Nessie
