Michael Lai
I’m currently running for office to fix San Francisco — I could use your help! Learn more at www.votemichaellai.com. I was born in China, grew up in the US, with family in Taiwan. I spent the last decade focused on US education innovation — ensuring every child, regardless of background, has the opportunity to become the next Michelle Obama or Warren Buffett. 90% of a child’s brain volume develops before they start kindergarten, but the early education system in America is broken. I was Founder & CEO of a new model of early education at Tinycare. Before that, I was on the Founding Team of Promise Venture Studio, an innovation studio supporting early childhood entrepreneurs, and a volunteer toddler & preschool teacher. Previously, I was a Director at Minerva, a new university funded with $100MM+ to reinvent higher education. Learn more about Minerva in my TEDx talk here. Before that, I worked on education initiatives at Google.org and Noodle. I graduated with honors from Harvard, where
Hi, I'm Michael. These days, I spend most of my time on responsible AI to improve state & local government public services at Anthropic. Before that, I worked on improving San Francisco and CA through electoral politics, founded a new model for early childhood education at Tinycare, and built a new university at Minerva Project. As an immigrant and public school kid, my career has been focused on expanding opportunity. I also love community. In my free time, I enjoy hanging out with friends and family, hosting karaoke and movie nights, and drinking too much boba. You can find me on X…
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