Tony Zhao is the Co-founder and CEO of SOCO.AI. He received his PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in 2019. Zhao is well-known for his work in deep learning conversational AI and he is the creator of the world's largest academic dialog platform funded by NSF. He has won multiple best paper awards and has published more than 30 papers in top-tier AI conferences. Zhao is a recipient of "Best & Brightest PhD of 2018" by Microsoft Research.