Edward Sun

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States19 yrs 4 mos experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Co-founded multiple successful startups in AI and education.
  • Led engineering teams at high-growth tech companies.
  • Expert in building scalable products and platforms.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Education Technology expert with a strong focus on AI-driven solutions.

Contact

LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Ai DevelopmentResearchTestingEngineering ManagementProduct DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipSoftware EngineeringData AnalysisEducation TechnologySoftware DevelopmentWeb Development

Other Skills

AgentsDeep ResearchAIe2e testsWalletsPaymentsData infrastructureCrypto onboardingDeveloper platformGeolocationAB testingQ-learningOnline feedback platformAsynchronous video interviewingChrome accessibility

About

Currently: Building agents at OpenAI Previously: Co-Founder & CTO at Paper ($10MM+/month GMV, acq by thirdweb), Kaizena (Users in 10% of US schools, acq by Qooco.com), Kira Talent (acq by ETS), Engineering Director at thirdweb, Engineer at Nextdoor, Google Angel investments include Tensor.so (acq by Coinbase), Provocative.earth, Megapot.io - open to chatting about any ideas in AI, crypto, or education

Experience

Openai

Member of Technical Staff

Jan 2026 – Present · 3 mos · San Francisco, CA

  • Agents, Deep Research, sheets & slides
AgentsDeep ResearchAI DevelopmentResearch

Playmatic

Co-Founder

Feb 2025 – Jan 2026 · 11 mos

  • Playmatic was an AI agent that helps write and maintain e2e tests for web applications. Joined OpenAI in Jan 2026 to work on agents.
AIe2e testsAI DevelopmentTesting

Thirdweb

Director of Engineering

Jul 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

  • Joined as part of Paper's acquisition. I led engineering teams responsible for wallets and payments, shipping products like thirdweb Pay and a new wallet architecture for in-app wallets. I also drove org-wide initiatives including processes around incidents, recruiting, and data infrastructure and reporting.
WalletsPaymentsData infrastructureEngineering ManagementProduct Development

Paper

Co-Founder

Mar 2021 – Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

  • Paper was a leading developer platform for crypto onramp and onboarding. We processed $10 million+ volume per month and was the solution of choice for global brands like Unilever, Balmain and Lacoste.
  • Paper was acquired by thirdweb in July 2023.
Crypto onboardingDeveloper platformEntrepreneurshipProduct Development

Nextdoor

Software Engineer

Jan 2019 – Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Feed Experience and Notifications Infra. Geolocation, AB testing framework, Q-learning based notification triggers
GeolocationAB testingQ-learningSoftware EngineeringData Analysis

Kaizena

Co-Founder

Aug 2012 – Feb 2018 · 5 yrs 6 mos

  • Kaizena (www.kaizena.com) is an online platform enabling teachers to quickly provide every student with personal, high quality feedback on their work. Adopted by over 1.4 million teachers and students worldwide (including more than 10% of US K-12 schools) and backed by leading education and technology investors (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/kaizena). Acquired in 2019 by Cirrus Education in Beijing, China
Online feedback platformEducation TechnologyProduct Development

Google

Software Engineering Intern

Jan 2012 – Apr 2012 · 3 mos · Mountain View, California

  • Chrome accessibility
Chrome accessibilitySoftware Engineering

Kira talent

Co-Founder

Dec 2011 – Aug 2012 · 8 mos · Toronto, Ontario

  • Kira Talent (www.kiratalent.com) is an asynchronous web video interviewing platform. I was involved from inception to the initial seed round as part of the Next 36 program, working alongside our earliest customers and employees. Acquired by ETS in November 2021.
Asynchronous video interviewingEducation TechnologyProduct Development

Pricewaterhousecoopers

Applications Developer

Apr 2011 – Aug 2011 · 4 mos · Toronto, Ontario

  • Mobile interface for PwC News, a new and more effective tool for internal communications
Mobile interfaceSoftware Development

Self

Freelance Web Developer

Jan 2004 – Sep 2009 · 5 yrs 8 mos · Various

  • Did a lot of consulting work with PHP/MySQL. Numerous contracted projects. Flipped sites. Details available at www.edwardsun.com/past
PHPMySQLWeb Development

Education

University of Waterloo

Computer Science

Jan 2010 – Jan 2015

Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute

Jan 2006 – Jan 2010

Stackforce found 100+ more professionals with Ai Development & Research

Explore similar profiles based on matching skills and experience

Sandeep Kumar Gupta

Sandeep Kumar Gupta

Chief Executive Officer

at DrishtIQ-AI Engine for India’s Financial Future

Delhi, India7 yrs 9 mos exp
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AI Product DesignUser Experience Design (UED)Business OwnershipExperience Design
Prachi Chattar

Prachi Chattar

Design Researcher

at Laerdal Bangalore

Bengaluru, India6 yrs 2 mos exp
User ResearchResearch Operations
Siddharth Kumar

Siddharth Kumar

Senior AI Engineer II

at Panasonic

Singapore, Singapore7 yrs 4 mos exp
Artificial IntelligenceMachine Learning
Saurabh Sharma

Saurabh Sharma

Co-Founder

at AI Interview Agent

New Delhi, India3 yrs exp
Voice AIRecruitingAI AgentsProduct DevelopmentBusiness Development
Ziyu Zhang

Ziyu Zhang

Product Design Intern

at TikTok

Seattle, United States0 mo exp
User Experience (UX)Human Computer InteractionProfessional MentoringUI designUX Research
Bruno Legeard

Bruno Legeard

Chief AI Officer - Head of Lynqa Team

at Smartesting

France37 yrs 5 mos exp
Test Automation
Amrita Gaurav

Amrita Gaurav

Senior UX Designer

at Educational Initiatives

Bengaluru, India6 yrs 2 mos exp
PJ

Prashant Jain

Founder

at SentiniumAI

Bengaluru, India9 yrs 6 mos exp
Business OwnershipProduct ManagementStart-up Leadership