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Alex Ma

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Member of Product Staff at OpenAI
📍 United States

Alex is on the product team at OpenAI, recently launching features like Group Chats for ChatGPT. A UCLA graduate, he previously founded the successful photo-sharing app Poparazzi, which reached #1 on the App Store in over 50 countries and raised $22 million from investors including Benchmark. His experience also includes roles at Instagram and Accel.

Outside of his main role, Alex is an active angel investor and mentor in the startup community. He publicly supports founders and former colleagues, showing a clear passion for fostering innovation and helping others in their entrepreneurial journeys. He has a history of investing in and scouting for promising new companies.

He founded an app that garnered over 10 million downloads and 250 million shared photos.

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Experience
1 Years
Current Role
Member of Product Staff
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United States
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Collaborative AI
He is focused on evolving AI from a solo experience to a group activity, as seen with his recent launch of Group Chats on ChatGPT.
Authentic Social Media
He founded Poparazzi with the mission to create a "more authentic, unfiltered take on social media" where friends share photos of each other.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Member of Product Staff
OpenAI
Scout
Accel
10-2025
Product Manager
Instagram
Founder & CEO
Poparazzi
Venture Capital
Scale Venture Partners
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Education
2011 - 2015
BA
UCLA
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