# Maria Zhang

Co-founder and CEO of Palona AI. Previously held engineering and AI leadership roles at Google and Meta, served as Tinder CTO and participated in Instagram’s AI team responding to TikTok competition. Registered in Delaware in 2024 and headquartered in Los Altos, California, it provides a multimodal AI operations layer for physical businesses including restaurants.

Co-founder and CEO of Palona AI. Previously held engineering and AI leadership roles at Google and Meta, served as Tinder CTO and participated in Instagram’s AI team responding to TikTok competition. Registered in Delaware in 2024 and headquartered in Los Altos, California, it provides a multimodal AI operations layer for physical businesses including restaurants.

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