Mei Zuo, Angel Investor

Mei Zuo is an AI researcher, investor, and advisor known for advancing the intersection of open-source research and frontier artificial intelligence. She currently advises EleutherAI, the collaborative research collective behind major model architectures such as GPT-NeoX, Pythia, and RWKV, as well as open datasets like The Pile and Proof-Pile-2. Beyond her technical work, Zuo has contributed to healthcare innovation as a former Board Director at UCSF Health Hub, supporting the translation of medical research and digital health technologies into scalable impact. Her interests bridge AI, life sciences, and data infrastructure. As an active angel investor, Zuo has made over twenty investments in early AI, infrastructure, and computational science startups. Her portfolio includes companies such as Periodic Labs, Nscale, and Coframe — ventures building the next generation of foundational models, scalable compute systems, and applied intelligence platforms.