Sarah Chieng

Inspirer
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Head of DevX at Cerebras Systems

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Sarah Chieng is the Head of DevX at Cerebras Systems, leveraging her background in computer science from MIT. An entrepreneur at heart, she co-founded Thrifthouse, a college marketplace startup, demonstrating a strong blend of technical, growth, and go-to-market expertise from her experience as the first hire at Exa (formerly Metaphor).

Outside of her primary role, Sarah is an active angel investor seeking to fund early-stage startups. She is also a content creator who has collaborated with over 50 brands. Her personal interests include snowboarding, fishing, and photography, and she has traveled extensively throughout the United States.

While at MIT, she founded Thrifthouse, an app for students to buy and sell used goods, driven by a passion for sustainability and building a circular economy on campus.

Personality Overview

Achievment Oriented

Generous

Fast Adopter

They measure a product on its merit but can be influenced by strong testimonials.  They respond well to objective pitches but also attach some value to relationships. They usually prefer to drive the conversation.

Topics They Care About

Developer Experience
As the Head of DevX at Cerebras Systems, she is focused on creating tools and platforms that improve developer workflows and productivity in the AI/ML space.
AI Compute Hardware
Works at Cerebras, a company building the world's largest AI processors, and creates content explaining complex topics like 'Weight Streaming' for large model training.
Early-Stage Startups
Co-founded Thrifthouse while at MIT, was the first hire at Exa (Metaphor), and is now an active angel investor looking for new companies to support.

Media Appearances

Sarah has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2025
Head of DevX at Cerebras Systems
9-2024 - 9-2025
Growth Engineer at Cerebras Systems
6-2024
Scout at Bain Capital Ventures
9-2023 - 6-2024
First hire, GTM + Engineering at Exa (prev. Metaphor)
12-2020 - 9-2022
CEO + Cofounder at Thrifthouse

Education

2019 - 2023
Bachelor's degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Education details unavailable from Liberal Arts & Science Academy

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Insights For Selling To Sarah

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Acknowledge their status and position during the conversation
  • Refer to testimonials from well known people to highlight the value of your product
  • Get them to a point where they are ready to bat for your product internally

DONT's

  • Don't be unorganized, be prepared for the pitch
  • Don’t keep repeating the same information, it could make them impatient
  • Avoid focusing only on the product or its ROI, keep building trust subtly

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Sarah is

  • Confidence in the product’s value is critical, followed by relationship and a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Sarah

  • They will not hesitate to say no if they do not develop conviction.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Sarah move?

  • If they develop confidence in your product and you, then they can make fast decisions.
  • Can Sarah take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they have the ability to take risky decisions.

You And Sarah

Personality Compatibility


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