Thinking Machines Lab
SpaceXAI
Meta
UC Berkeley
Michael TruellCo-founder and CEO · CursorFounder↗YZ
Researcher · Engineer
Yifey Zhou
CursorResearch Scientist
Zhou develops reinforcement-learning methods that make coding agents more capable and adaptable. His work explores how agents can learn from interaction, use long-running context and improve within real software environments; after research at xAI and Thinking Machines Lab, he joined Cursor as a research scientist.
Career & education
Current roleCursor2026-presentResearch Scientist
Cursor2026-presentPreviously
Education
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