
John SchulmanResearcher
Thinking Machines Lab
Co-founder and chief scientist
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Researcher · Engineer
Member of Technical Staff; Lead, Auto Research at Thinking Machines Lab
Li helped build LMArena, where people compare AI models without initially knowing which one produced each answer. He later helped train several Grok models and now works on systems that improve their reasoning through feedback and repeated practice.
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