# Chip Huyen

> Chip Huyen is a Vietnamese-American computer scientist, author, and educator who turned a rejection letter from Stanford into a three-year around-the-world journey, two bestselling Vietnamese travel books, and eventually a second application that got her in. She went on to teach at Stanford, build ML infrastructure at NVIDIA and Netflix, co-found Claypot AI, and write two of the most-read technical books on machine learning systems in production - 'Designing Machine Learning Systems' (2022) and 'AI Engineering' (2025). Her newsletter and blog are required reading for anyone building serious AI products.

- **Role:** Author and AI Engineering Advisor
- **Organizations:** Claypot AI, Stanford University, NVIDIA, Snorkel AI, Netflix
- **From:** Hai Hau, Vietnam
- **Nationality:** Vietnamese-American
- **Education:** Bachelor's and Master's degrees (Computer Science), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Amazon #1 bestseller in AI for 'Designing Machine Learning Systems' (2022), translated into 10+ languages, 'AI Engineering' (2025) became the most-read book on the O'Reilly platform since launch, Created Stanford course CS20: TensorFlow for Deep Learning Research (2017)

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Published first Vietnamese travel book 'Xach Ba Lo Len Va Di' (Tiki.vn #1 bestseller)
- **2014** — Accepted to Stanford University after initial rejection and 3-year world travel
- **2017** — Created and taught CS20: TensorFlow for Deep Learning Research at Stanford
- **2018** — Joined NVIDIA as core developer on NeMo (conversational AI toolkit)
- **2019** — Named LinkedIn Top Voice in Software Development
- **2020** — Named LinkedIn Top Voice in Data Science & AI; created Stanford CS329S: ML Systems Design
- **2021** — Published 'Machine Learning Interviews' book (free, open-source); joined Snorkel AI
- **2021** — Co-founded Claypot AI (real-time ML platform)
- **2022** — Published 'Designing Machine Learning Systems' (O'Reilly) - Amazon #1 bestseller in AI
- **2023** — Founded and sold an AI infrastructure startup
- **2025** — Published 'AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models' (O'Reilly) - most-read book on O'Reilly platform
- **2026** — Webinar: Designing Data Layers for Agentic AI (May 2026)

## Achievements

- Amazon #1 bestseller in AI for 'Designing Machine Learning Systems' (2022), translated into 10+ languages
- 'AI Engineering' (2025) became the most-read book on the O'Reilly platform since launch
- Created Stanford course CS20: TensorFlow for Deep Learning Research (2017)
- Created and taught Stanford CS329S: Machine Learning Systems Design
- Core developer of NVIDIA NeMo (conversational AI toolkit)
- Co-founder of Claypot AI (real-time machine learning platform)
- LinkedIn Top Voice in Software Development (2019)
- LinkedIn Top Voice in Data Science & AI (2020)
- Four Vietnamese-language books sold 100,000+ copies total
- First Vietnamese book was Tiki.vn #1 bestseller (2012)
- Founded Free Hugs Vietnam community action group
- Published six books total across technical, creative nonfiction, and fiction genres

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — 'AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models' published by O'Reilly; became most-read book on platform
- **2025-12** — Fiction novel 'Entanglements That Never End' early ebook released on Kindle; print/full release coming December 2026
- **2026-05** — Scheduled live webinar: 'Designing Data Layers for Agentic AI: Patterns for State, Memory, and Coordination at Scale'

## Links

- Website: https://huyenchip.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiphuyen/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chipro
- GitHub: https://github.com/chiphuyen
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/huyenchip19/

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Last updated: 2026-04-22