Paichun Lin

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Head of Agentic AI, Principal ML Engineer at ThinkDepth.ai

Stanford, California, United States

Overview

Paichun Lin is the Head of Agentic AI at ThinkDepth. ai, specializing in deep research and generative AI. A Carnegie Mellon graduate, he previously led Large Language Model initiatives at Microsoft AI, significantly increasing revenue and quality. His expertise spans multi-modal neural networks for search and recommendation systems.

His deep research agent was ranked #1 on the DeepResearch Bench, outperforming models from both Google and OpenAI.

Personality Overview

Curious

Value Driven

Assertive

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation.

Topics They Care About

Deep Research Agents
He leads Agentic AI at ThinkDepth. ai, where his deep research agent recently achieved the #1 position on the DeepResearch Bench.
Generative AI
As the former Generative AI Lead at Microsoft, he was responsible for Large Language Model (LLM) Post Training and VLM Multimodal Prompting.
AI for Search
He developed a multi-modal neural network for Facebook's video search and a neural network-based ranking system for Bing Ads at Microsoft.

Media Appearances

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Work History

2-2025
Head of Agentic AI, Principal ML Engineer at ThinkDepth.ai
5-2021 - 1-2025
Generative AI Lead, Senior Applied Scientist at Microsoft AI
1-2020 - 9-2020
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Meta
2-2019 - 1-2020
Machine Learning Engineer at Houzz
1-2018 - 1-2019
Artificial Intelligence Fellow at Insight Data Science

Education

2006 - 2008
Master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University
2002 - 2006
Bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon University

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Insights For Selling To Paichun

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be prepared for a lot of questions, answer them objectively
  • Persuade objectively how your product will help them achieve their goals
  • Ask them questions to understand their needs better while staying affable

DONT's

  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Avoid making offhand commitments

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Paichun is

  • Clear proof of product value matters to them, followed by others' testimonials and rapport.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Paichun

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Paichun move?

  • They like to analyze well and then make their decisions.
  • Can Paichun take some risk or not?

  • They systematically evaluate all decisions and are unlikely to take many risks.

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