About
Richard Meng led generative AI and knowledge graph initiatives at Snowflake and LinkedIn before co-founding Roe AI. He holds degrees in computer science and statistics from UC Berkeley (2014–2018).
Founder at ROEYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Richard went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Richard can intro founders to ROE's investors below.
Experience
- RoeFounder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- MRC | Merchant Risk CouncilCombat Fraud and Defend Compliancecurrent2025 — present
- SnowflakeTech Lead, Snowflake Gen AI2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- LinkedInStaff Software Engineer, Skills and KG2022San Francisco Bay Area
- LinkedInSenior Software Engineer2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- LinkedInSoftware Engineer2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessResearch Assistant (Led by Prof. Abhishek Nagaraj)2016 — 2017United States
- LinkedInSoftware Engineering Intern2017United States
- University of California, BerkeleySTATS 134 Reader2017
Education
- University of California, BerkeleyBachelor's degree, Computer Science and Statistics2014 — 2018
- Y Combinator2024
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship5SQL11Unstructured Data4Artificial Intelligence (AI)2Document AI1Social ListeningData Sciencesocial dataGenerative AI1Fine Tuning1Large Language Models (LLM)1Go (Programming Language)
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KubernetesDistributed SystemsComputer ScienceJavaAPI DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentAlgorithmsC (Programming Language)DatabasesGitRepresentational State Transfer (REST)Python (Programming Language)- Exam P — Society of Actuaries
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Richard Meng?
- Richard Meng led generative AI and knowledge graph initiatives at Snowflake and LinkedIn before co-founding Roe AI. He holds degrees in computer science and statistics from UC Berkeley (2014–2018).
- Where does Richard Meng work?
- Richard Meng is Founder of ROE.
- What companies did Richard Meng found?
- Richard Meng founded ROE.
- Where did Richard Meng go to school?
- Richard Meng studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Statistics); Y Combinator.
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