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Zara Zhang

Zara Zhang

Building AI learning products and go-to-market

San Jose, California
Joined April 2025

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Summary

Builder of AI learning products — Zara combines product, go‑to‑market, and maker instincts to ship AI tools focused on learning and knowledge work. She launched TLDW (personalized highlight reels for long YouTube videos), writes regularly about AI product design and learning workflows, and runs a Substack and YouTube channel that document her product thinking. zarazhang+2
Career path from VC to product — after graduating Harvard, Zara worked as an investment analyst at GGV Capital (2017–2019), co‑produced interview/podcast programming there, and then moved into product and product marketing at ByteDance/Feishu, where she has combined GTM and product roles. bloomberg+2
Writer and communicator with a focus on China–tech and education — Zara has a strong public writing presence (personal blog, Substack), has written for The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Magazine and The Information, and uses podcasts and video to explain product and learning ideas to broad audiences. zarazhang+2
International, cross‑border perspective — born in Changchun, educated in Singapore and at Harvard, and professionally active across China and the U.S.; she often writes and works at the intersection of China–US tech and cross‑border product/globalization. zarazhang+2

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Language enthusiast — speaks Chinese, English, and Japanese; enjoys language learning. zarazhang

Volunteers as a docent at the Computer History Museum. zarazhang