Eric Mao

Eric Mao is a young and driven entrepreneur, having co-founded Clado (YC X25) which specializes in deep people research using agentic search and AI. He left his studies at UPenn M&T to pursue his startup endeavors and has demonstrated early success, including the acquisition of the Linkd platform by Clado. ericmao+2

Mao possesses strong technical expertise in machine learning and AI, particularly in building robust people search infrastructure. His work at Clado involves advanced model training, reinforcement learning, and natural language processing, as evidenced by his detailed blog post on optimizing AI models for efficiency and performance. ericmao+1

Beyond his current venture, Eric has a track record of developing impactful projects, including 'Serendipity' (SMS-based superconnector), 'AiWantItThatWay' (Monte Carlo prediction), and a 'Big Data machine learning carbon credit allocation' project that won an award. He also built a new alumni platform for Penn students to improve networking. ericmao+3

Eric has also engaged in early-stage venture capital, making angel investments in AI-focused startups such as shofo.ai (AI search over consumer sentiment), blueprint.mov (AI ads), and a37.ai (cursor for devops), demonstrating his interest in supporting emerging technologies and founders. ericmao