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Tony Zhao

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Co-founder & CEO at Sunday
📍 Stanford, California, United States

Tony Zhao is the Co-founder and CEO of Sunday Robotics, a venture he started after leaving his PhD program at Stanford University. With a background that includes Google DeepMind and Teslas Autopilot team, he is an expert in AI and robotic manipulation. He also holds a Bachelor of Science from UC Berkeley.

He is deeply passionate about creating tangible, helpful robots, having dedicated immense effort to developing projects like Mobile ALOHA, a low-cost, open-source mobile manipulator. His work showcases a drive to build systems that can perform complex, real-world tasks, such as cooking, to assist humanity.

Unique fact: He co-led the development of Mobile ALOHA, one of the most high-effort projects of his career, while still a PhD student.

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Co-founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Stanford, California, United States
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Robotics Startups
Left a prestigious Stanford PhD program to found Sunday Robotics, securing seed funding from Conviction and a Series A from Benchmark to pursue his vision.
Open-Source Hardware
Co-created and promoted Mobile ALOHA as a low-cost, open-source mobile manipulator, indicating a strong belief in accessible and collaborative robotics development.
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Career

Work history

4-2024
Co-founder & CEO
Sunday
6-2023 - 4-2024
Student Researcher
Google DeepMind
6-2022 - 9-2022
Machine Learning Scientist
Tesla
9-2021 - 6-2024
PhD Student
Stanford University
5-2021 - 9-2021
AI Resident
X, the moonshot factory
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Education
2021 - 2024
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Stanford University
2017 - 2021
Bachelor of Science - BS
University of California, Berkeley
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