**Michael Heinrich, CEO of Zero Gravity Labs**

• Michael, a Forbes 40 under 40 founder, started two unicorn companies. He runs 0G Labs (0g.ai), the largest AI Layer 1 powered by the first decentralized AI Operating System. He’s previously generated over $200 million in revenue and raised more than $1B in capital. His strategic leadership guided over 650 employees through volatile markets and achieved remarkable customer satisfaction. He previously worked at Microsoft, SAP Labs, Bain, and Bridgewater Associates. He’s also been named a top technologist, top YCombinator company, and top entrepreneur, and he has been featured in esteemed media outlets such as Entrepreneur, Bloomberg, Forbes, Inc, Techcrunch, Business Insider, and Coin Telegraph. Educated at Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkeley.
• Links:
  • Forbes 40 under 40
  • NYSE crypto trailblazers
  • [Forbes article quote](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nimrodlehavi/2024/06/13/antitrust-comes-for-ai-paving-the-way-for-decentralized-solutions/?)
  • Bloomberg Turkey
  • Congress visits
  • Bloomberg article quote
  • Keynote Coindesk Consensus 2025 + X post
  • Keynote at 2025 Stanford BASS conference
  • Keynote at 2024 SuperAI conference
  • Coverage of $290M raise
  • Coverage of $35M Pre-Seed
  • Top 100 Entrepreneurs of 2022
  • Stanford Hacking Consciousness Class
  • YCombinator Interview with YCombinator Cofounder Livingston

**Ming Wu, CTO of Zero Gravity Labs**

• Ming Wu, Ph.D. (ICT, Chinese Academy of Sciences), is a renowned researcher in distributed systems, graph computing, and AI platforms. As a founding member of Conflux and former Microsoft Research senior researcher, he has contributed to top conferences like SOSP and OSDI and designed large-scale distributed machine learning systems for Microsoft products.

**Fan Long, Co-Founder of Zero Gravity Labs**

• Dr. Fan Long, a Tsinghua Yao Class and MIT Ph.D. graduate, specializes in systems security, programming languages, and blockchain. He is a two-time IOI gold medalist and recipient of the ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Dissertation Award. With 20+ top conference publications and 1,000+ citations, he is a leader in computer science research.

**Thomas Yao, Co-Founder of Zero Gravity Labs**

• Thomas Yao, Founding Partner of IMO Ventures, is a visionary Web3 investor with a focus on AI, infrastructure, NFT/metaverse ecosystems, and CeFi fintech. His key investments include Palantir, Ethereum, CryptoPunks, and PayTM, driving transformative innovation across emerging sectors. A Stanford GSB MSx graduate and former project lead at IDEO, Thomas brings a unique blend of expertise and creativity to his work.

More bios

• Jason Zeng — VP of AI (formerly at Microsoft, Airbnb, and AI chip company)
• Max Zhou — VP of Blockchain (Tsinghua Professor, IOI gold medalist, formerly at Microsoft and HRT)
• Ada Heinrich — Managing Director of Ecosystem (formerly at Mango TV, Jumei, and Inception)
• Weisi Yuen — Chief of Staff (formerly at Animoca, McKinsey, and Amazon)
• Jake Salerno — Head of BD (formerly at Chainlink)
• Jake Choi — Head of Growth (formerly at Sonic and EVG; investor)
• Michelle Tian — Product Lead (formerly at Avalanche and Morgan Stanley)