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Tyson Chen

Tyson Chen is a co-founder of Avoca, an AI sales and contact center agent platform for home services companies [1][2]. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning a BS in Computer Science from 2013 to 2017 [11]. During his undergraduate years, Chen worked as a Software Engineering Intern at Microsoft [10] and conducted research at MIT Media Lab [9]. After graduation, he served as an AI Researcher at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 2015 to 2017 [7]. Chen then joined The Boston Consulting Group as a Consultant from 2017 to 2019 [6], followed by roles at Nuro as Product Operations Manager and Product Manager between 2019 and 2022 [4][5]. He co-founded Avoca in 2022 [3] and participated in Y Combinator in 2023 [12].

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Experience

  1. Founder, Co-CEO
    Avoca AI2022 to Present
  2. Product Manager
    Nuro2020 to 2022
  3. Product Operations Manager
    Nuro2019 to 2020
  4. Consultant
    The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)2017 to 2019
  5. AI Researcher
    MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)Jul 2015 to Jun 2017
  6. Summer Associate
    Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Jun 2016 to Aug 2016
  7. Researcher
    MIT Media LabAug 2015 to May 2016
  8. Software Engineering Intern
    MicrosoftJun 2015 to Sep 2015

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