Suno's AI Music Revolution: A Founding Engineer’s Story
What does it take to become a founding engineer at a breakout AI startup?
How do you decide which startup is worth the leap — especially when you’re coming from established Big Tech? And once you’re inside, what does building at the frontier actually look like day to day?
In this session, we sit down with Gim Miao, an early and founding engineer at Suno, one of the most exciting AI-native companies redefining how music is created.
Gim will share his career journey — from scaling systems at Uber to making the jump into an early-stage startup — and unpack how he evaluated risk, opportunity, and timing before choosing Suno.
We’ll go inside Suno to explore:
What convinced him this was the startup to join
How founding engineers shape product, culture, and technical direction
What it’s like building AI-first product for creativity at scale
How engineering roles differ at an AI startup vs. Big Tech
What Suno looks for in early technical hires (and how to stand out)
This is a candid, insider conversation for engineers, researchers, and builders who are curious about early-stage AI startups and founding-team roles at the intersection of AI, creativity, and engineering.
🎤 Guest Speaker
Gim Miao — Founding Engineer & Engineering Lead @ Suno
Early engineer building AI-first product for music creation | Ex-Uber
⭐ Optional: Opportunity for 1:1 Conversations
Suno and our guest speaker's team is actively hiring, and a limited number of invitation-only 1:1 chats may be offered after the session.
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