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.
Founder at DBOS
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Co-founders at DBOS
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Peter KraftFounder
Experience
- DBOS, Inc.Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2026 β present
- DBOS, Inc.Co-Foundercurrent2023 β present
- Stanford UniversityComputer Science PhD Student2017 β 2023Stanford, CA
- Stanford UniversityGraduate Teaching Assistant2020
- Stanford UniversityGraduate Teaching Assistant2018Stanford, CA
- Intel CorporationSoftware Intern Graduate2020 β 2021California, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern2019Sunnyvale
- GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern2018Mountain View
- Peking UniversityResearch Intern2015 β 2017Beijing
- Peking UniversityUndergraduate Teaching Assistant2015 β 2017Beijing, China
- Peking UniversityResearch Intern2014 β 2015Beijing
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch Intern2016Pittsburgh, PA
Skills & more
Go (Programming Language)4Cloud Computing4TypeScript4Computer Science5Computer Architecture5Database Management System (DBMS)2CUDA3Violin3PostgreSQL3SQL2C++6Python4
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C/C++HTMLPHPOperating SystemsPython (Programming Language)Languages Chinese Β· English
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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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