I’m Zhenwei
pronouced as jen-way
I grew up in Dalian, or Port Arthur in history books. On a street called Russian Cultural Street.
I moved to Southern California in 2015. Picked up English in a year.
Then Stanford, where I studied a mixture of international security, philosophy, history, and tech ethics, mostly focused on U.S.-China relations.
Briefly in New York, Oxford, and D.C.
And now, San Francisco. Still fascinated about culture, history, and techno-politics.
Currently… SF
I make technical collaborations and integration partnerships happen at Cerebras.
I build technical cookbooks, lead integration co-marketing, organize 1000+ attendee events and hackathons, manage $40K+ event budgets, and write to dymistify wafer-scale hardware (Cerebras children’s book coming soon!).
Thinking a lot about the hardware lottery.
I volunteer at the Asia Society on Track II dialogues focused on anything APAC security.
Reading and re-reading Rural China Takes Off, High Wire, and Chip War.
I support current Mayfield Fellows and CISAC Honors students as a proud alum.
Outside of work, I host friends for monthly home-made dinners, practice Vinyasa yoga, and read at Farley’s (aka the best coffeeshop).
Previously… Stanford, LA, NYC, Oxford, D.C.
Led Multimedia Section at The Stanford Daily, where I interviewed and produced video coverages of Mike Pence, Antony Blinken, Andrew Yang, and more.
Grew team from 5 to 30+. Managed $15K budget for equipments.
Co-founder and co-host of the Two Barking Dogs Podcast, listeners from 18+ countries.
Co-created and developed curriculum for Crisis and Cooperation: Contemporary Research on International Security, course highlighting non-Western perspectives in international security, now in its 3rd year.
Produced award-winning video news coverage featured on PBS NewsHour.
Coverage on biased school dress code reached 316K+ views and led changes to my high school dress code policy.
Awarded by PBS News as 20 under 20 up-and-coming storytellers, Top 10 2020 Stories Worth Watching, and Best Composition.
And along the way,
Red-teamed and wrote safety guidelines for AI platform risks with Meta Superintelligence Labs’ Product Policy team.
Think-ed and tank-ed about digital public infrastructure at the Atlantic Council.
Cold emailed into international arbitration work, wrote about UN AI guidelines, and worked on oil and gas disputes in Kazakhstan and Olympic rowing doping arbitration.
Researched PLA military strategy for Upstart: How China Became a Great Power.
Drafted memos and legislative language for SB 923 Delete Act with Senator Josh Becker.
Paralegal-ed at the LA Public Defender’s Office and worked on cases ranging from misdemeanors and assault to violations of California Penal Code §288.
Canvassed for the Tiburon Fire District election (knocked on doors and got doors shut in my face).