Andrew Zhang

Co-Founder & CEO, Azure Partners | Advisor to VCs & AI Startups | ex-Amazon & IBM & YC Startup | AI Mastery @ Columbia University | Author | Speaker

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Andrew Zhang is the Co-Founder & CEO of Azure Partners, where he advises AI startups on go-to-market strategy and scaling. Andrew led the AI Mastery program at Columbia University and has taught at Rutgers Business School.

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He co-authored Hyperledger Cookbook and is the author of the upcoming A Practical Guide to Ollama (Q1 2026). In his spare time, he runs the AI Elite Bootcamp for high school students, inspiring the next generation of AI innovators.

Career TimelineNOW → PAST

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  1. AZURE PARTNERSJOB
    1. Founder & CEO
      2Y 4M
  2. TRAEJOB
    1. AI Coding Fellow
      1Y
  3. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYJOB
    1. Stealth Startup
      11M
  4. EPSILLA (YC S23)JOB
    1. GTM Partner
      2Y 2M
  5. IBMJOB
    1. Data, AI & Automation
      2Y 2M
    2. Open Source Technical Evan…
      4Y 11M
  6. A SERIES C-FUNDED STARTUPJOB
    1. GTM Open Source
      1Y 11M
  7. AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS)JOB
    1. Senior Technical Account Mgr
      2Y 11M
  8. NOVARTISJOB
    1. Eng
      6Y 11M

Time in market 16Y 7MOpen 4Closed 5Stints 9

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  1. Job: IBM — Open Source Technical Evangelist · 2016 – 2020
  2. Job: A Series C-funded Startup — GTM Open Source · 2021 – 2022
  3. Job: Novartis — Engineer · 2010 – 2016
  4. Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Senior Technical Account Manager · 2020 – 2022
  5. Job: IBM — Data, AI & Automation · 2022-04 – 2024-06
  6. Job: Azure Partners — Founder & CEO · 2024-04 – present
  7. Job: TRAE — AI Coding Fellow · 2025-08 – present
  8. Job: Columbia University — Stealth Startup — AI Consultant / Advisor · 2025-09 – present
  9. Job: Epsilla (YC S23) — GTM Partner · 2024-06 – present

Skills

Big Data AnalyticsAI for FinanceGo-to-Market StrategyAI Solution DesignCrewAILangGraphSolution ArchitectureAI AgentsGenerative AIMentorship & Research GuidanceStrategic Partnerships & InvestmentsBusiness Transformation & ScalingAI Innovation & StrategyDeep Learning & Machine LearningRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Large Language Models (LLMs)

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