Alec Xiang

Member of Technical Staff @ Perplexity

Co-founder

Lifelike· Summer 2023 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @alecxiang1

2025Member of Technical Staff· Perplexity

Founder · since 2023

Company

Perplexity

Role

Member of Technical Staff

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

—

no public source

Based

San Francisco Bay Area

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Lifelike

No description on file · /lifelike

Summer 2023

Experience

Career

Perplexity
Member of Technical Staff · San Francisco Bay Area · 2025 – Present
2025
Lifelike (YC S23)
Co-founder
Co-Founder · 2023 – 2024
2023
Actively
Machine Learning Engineer · New York, New York, United States · 2022
2022
Snorkel AI
Software Engineer Intern · Redwood City, California, United States · 2022
2022
Yale University
Research Assistant, Interactive Machines Group · New Haven, Connecticut, United States · 2021 – 2022
2021
Facebook
Software Engineer Intern · Menlo Park, California, United States · 2021
2021
Nectar Exchange LLC
Chief Technology Officer · Chappaqua, New York · 2019 – 2020
2019
Weill Cornell Medicine
Researcher · 2018 – 2020
2018

Bio

I'm the co-founder of Lifelike. I have a background in engineering and research, specifically in AI and systems. In the past, I have worked at Facebook (Instagram Equity), Snorkel AI (Infrastructure), and Actively.