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About
Qian Li is co-founder and CEO of DBOS, Inc., a company developing developer tools for building reliable software. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University, where her research focused on databases and systems under Christos Kozyrakis, Matei Zaharia, and Mike Stonebraker. She also co-organizes the South Bay Systems Club.
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Co-founders at DBOS
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Peter KraftFounder
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Mike StonebrakerCo-founder
Experience
- DBOS, Inc.Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2026 — present
- DBOS, Inc.Co-Foundercurrent2023 — present
- Stanford UniversityComputer Science PhD Student2017 — 2023Stanford, CA
- Stanford UniversityGraduate Teaching Assistant2020
- Stanford UniversityGraduate Teaching Assistant2018Stanford, CA
- Intel CorporationSoftware Intern Graduate2020 — 2021California, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern2019Sunnyvale
- GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern2018Mountain View
- Peking UniversityResearch Intern2015 — 2017Beijing
- Peking UniversityUndergraduate Teaching Assistant2015 — 2017Beijing, China
- Peking UniversityResearch Intern2014 — 2015Beijing
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch Intern2016Pittsburgh, PA
Skills & more
Go (Programming Language)4Cloud Computing4TypeScript4Computer Science5Computer Architecture5Database Management System (DBMS)2CUDA3Violin3PostgreSQL3SQL2C++6Python4
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Qian Li, PhD?
- Qian Li is co-founder and CEO of DBOS, Inc., a company developing developer tools for building reliable software. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University, where her research focused on databases and systems under Christos Kozyrakis, Matei Zaharia, and Mike Stonebraker. She also co-organizes the South Bay Systems Club.
- Where does Qian Li, PhD work?
- Qian Li, PhD is Founder of DBOS.
- What companies did Qian Li, PhD found?
- Qian Li, PhD founded DBOS.
- Where did Qian Li, PhD go to school?
- Qian Li, PhD studied at Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); Peking University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science and Technology).
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Carnegie Mellon University mafia481
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Intel Corporation mafia195
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Lip-Bu TanChief Executive OfficerFounded Walden Catalyst +2Micha Y. BreakstoneManager of the Statistical NLP groupFounded Chorus AI +2Ritik MalhotraSoftware EngineerFounded Savvy +2Amir FaintuchSenior Vice President & General ManagerFounded Hourly +1Kamesh RaghavendraIntern, Test TechnologiesFounded Geminus +1Ruban KanapathippillaiSenior Design ManagerFounded Iterate AI +1
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Peking University mafia71
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Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel CapitalJen ArdManaging Director, Head of Investment Operations at Intel Capital
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