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Milan Shen

Founder

Founder at Centauri AI

Stanford, California, United States

FoundedCentauri AI · YC

About

Milan Shen is co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Centauri AI. She holds a PhD in Statistics from Stanford and has spent over a decade in data and AI roles, including leading data science for pricing and forecasting at Airbnb and serving as a research scientist manager at Meta where she worked on privacy-preserving solutions for advertising systems.

Founder at Centauri AIYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Milan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Centauri AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Milan can intro founders to Centauri AI's investors below.

Centauri AI's investors · 2

Amino CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $10M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Centauri AI

HLHe Lu
He LuFounder
JWJames Wu
James WuFounder

Experience

  1. Centauri AICo-Foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. MetaSenior Manager, Research Scientist2022 — 2023Menlo Park, California, United States
  3. MetaResearch Scientist Manager2019 — 2022Menlo Park, CA
  4. AirbnbData Science Manager2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  5. AirbnbData Scientist2015 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  6. TwitterData Scientist2014San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Tower Research CapitalHigh Frequency Trading2013New York City Metropolitan Area

Frequently asked questions

Who is Milan Shen?
Milan Shen is co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Centauri AI. She holds a PhD in Statistics from Stanford and has spent over a decade in data and AI roles, including leading data science for pricing and forecasting at Airbnb and serving as a research scientist manager at Meta where she worked on privacy-preserving solutions for advertising systems.
Where does Milan Shen work?
Milan Shen is Founder of Centauri AI.
What companies did Milan Shen found?
Milan Shen founded Centauri AI.
Where did Milan Shen go to school?
Milan Shen studied at Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Statistics); University of Science and Technology of China (Bachelor’s Degree, Statistics).

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