Zach Chen
Builder at Harvard interested in applied AI; Humanist & writer at heart.
Education
BS Computer Science (2024 – 2028)
Coursework: Systems Programming (CS 61), Distributed Systems (CS 262), Abstraction (CS 51), Advanced Algorithms and Data Structures (CS 124), Topics in A.I (CS 182) Intro to Statistics (Stat 110), Algorithms and Data Structures (CS 120), Proofs-based Linear Algebra (Math22a), Multivariable Calculus (Math 21a), Mechanics and Special Relativity (Physics 15a).
Experience
Architecting an AI coaching platform with 15k+ lines of production code. Scaled team to 20 interns and secured 700+ waitlist users in month one.
Source and evaluate early-stage startups within the Harvard ecosystem for seed-stage investment.
Scaled college coaching startup to 5 figures profit in first year. Personally secured 60% of all company clients. Roles included sales, marketing, operations, and strategy.
Python and R, data analysis, and wrangling. Genomic data cleaning for 1,000+ patient profiles. Identified genetic markers for Alzheimer's. AAIC 2024 Presenter. Mentored under Dr. Haoqi.
Projects
Platform for automated content creation using image gen LLMs with AWS and OpenRouter, PostgresQL DB on Supabase, Langchain for evaluation and agent architecture. Helping content creators scale long form posts (blogs, articles, X threads) into short form content in consistent high quality style.
Strategy and distribution for book launch; Gave talks at Brown, Yale, and Tufts. This book guide young people towards impactful careers and teaching them how to live meaningful lives.
All Writing
A collection of thoughts, essays, and deep-dives ranging from the macro to micro.
art gallery
A collection of aesthetics.