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Weiran Yao

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Research Scientist Manager, Salesforce AI Research at Salesforce
📍 Palo Alto, California, United States

Weiran Yao is a Research Scientist Manager at Salesforce AI Research, where he leads teams developing LLM reasoning and planning engines. A Carnegie Mellon University PhD graduate in Machine Learning, his expertise lies in multi-agent AI systems, model interpretability, and code generation, contributing to projects like Agentforce and CodeGenie.

Outside of his primary role, Weiran is the co-founder of TraffiQure, a CMU technology spinoff that applies AI and machine learning to solve complex transportation problems. This venture reflects his early academic focus on using data to improve the efficiency and reliability of transportation systems, which was the subject of his thesis.

Unique fact: He co-founded an AI company to "cure" traffic congestion before joining one of the worlds largest AI research labs.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Research Scientist Manager, Salesforce AI Research
Job Level
Middle
Location
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Agentic AI Systems
He leads the development of multi-agent AI systems at Salesforce, including projects like Agentforce, CodeGenie, and SlackAgents, focusing on collaboration and reasoning.
Enterprise AI Deployment
He has expressed that the primary bottleneck in enterprise AI is not the technology itself, but the speed of deployment, integration, and direct expert support.
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Work history

12-2024
Research Scientist Manager, Salesforce AI Research
Salesforce
8-2024 - 12-2024
Senior Research Scientist, Salesforce AI Research
Salesforce
2-2023 - 7-2024
Research Scientist, Salesforce AI Research
Salesforce
11-2021
Co-Founder
TraffiQure
9-2017 - 12-2022
PHD Student
Carnegie Mellon University
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Education
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Carnegie Mellon University
Master of Science - MS
Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science
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