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PANG Ruoming (庞若鸣)
Researcher, OpenAI (since February 2026)
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OpenAI researcher (Feb 2026) · Meta MSL AI infra lead (2025)
Current org
OpenAI
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Previously
Google BrainApple AIMeta MSL
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Now
OpenAI
SJTU BS, USC MS, Princeton PhD
15 years at Google before Apple
Was head of Apple Foundation Models (~80 people)
Joined Meta MSL July 2025 with $200M+ package, then left for OpenAI February 2026 — most chaotic individual trajectory in the recent talent war
Profile
PANG Ruoming (庞若鸣, also known as Ruoming Pang) joined OpenAI in February 2026. He earned his B.S. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (1998), M.S. from USC (2000), and Ph.D. from Princeton (2006).
He spent 15+ years at Google leading Zanzibar, Babelfish/Lingvo, and Tacotron 2. He was Apple's AI/ML foundation models lead (2021-2025), then Meta MSL's AI infrastructure lead (2025), before joining OpenAI.
Known for
OpenAI researcher (Feb 2026)Meta MSL AI infra lead (2025)Apple AI/ML foundation models lead (2021-2025)Google: Zanzibar, Babelfish, Tacotron 2 (15+ years)
Education
Princeton University
Ph.D. in CS · 2006
USC
M.S. in CS · 2000
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
B.S. in CS · 1998
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