Lewis Liu
Engineer turned product builder. Founding PM for Gemini at Google — spent 8 years helping turn early AI ideas into products reaching millions of developers. Now at Microsoft, building what comes next. Photographer, pianist, and angel investor on the side.
Journey
Beijing → Hong Kong → Cornell
Grew up in Beijing before heading to Hong Kong Polytechnic University to study Internet & Multimedia Technologies. Later earned a Master's in Computer Science at Cornell — where I first fell in love with building systems at scale.
Oracle — Building the Cloud's Backbone
Joined Oracle to build the first generation of its public cloud from scratch. Created the core Service Deployment Infrastructure before moving to lead the team behind Load Balancer as a Service.
- Load Balancer as a Service
- Service Deployment Infrastructure
- 15 data centers, 50+ services
- 6 cloud infrastructure patents
Google — Founding PM for Gemini & AI Products
Spent 8 years at Google turning early AI bets into products used by millions of developers. Started with AutoML and Natural Language API, then co-founded Document AI, Enterprise Knowledge Graph. In 2022, became founding PM for PaLM2 & Gemini — shaping the API, serving strategy, and developer experience from the ground up.
- Gemini API (1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5)
- PaLM API, Codey
- Grounding with Google Search
- RAG Engine
- Document AI
- Enterprise Knowledge Graph
- AutoML, Natural Language API
Microsoft — Next Chapter
Building something new. The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Philosophy
Growth Mindset
Learning some things every day.
Speed is a Feature
Shipping fast is the new moat for AI.
Break Rules, Sometimes
To achieve the extraordinary, one has to challenge the ordinary.
Software is Evolving
The way we build software is evolving rapidly.
Diverse Teams Win
Great teams thrive on the synergy of diverse backgrounds and complementary expertise.
Beyond Work
Photography & Travel
Capturing the world through my Sony a7r4, DJI Mavic Pro, and Hasselblad 907x.
Piano
Liszt's "Liebestraum" is my current favourite piece to play.
Angel Investing
Investing in early-stage startups building the future of how we live.