Sam Cheng I design products and the stories around them. My path started at Oracle when I was 15 and most recently took me through the 2026 Kleiner Perkins fellowship, where I was the youngest in my class. Along the way I've worked with non-profits, early-stage startups, and unicorns. Previously, I built www.classmate.app, a free AI-powered writing feedback tool for college application essays used by students to get in to schools such as Harvard, Stanford, and Yale.
Sam Cheng I design products and the stories around them. My path started at Oracle when I was 15 and most recently took me through the 2026 Kleiner Perkins fellowship, where I was the youngest in my class. Along the way I've worked with non-profits, early-stage startups, and unicorns. Previously, I built www.classmate.app, a free AI-powered writing feedback tool for college application essays used by students to get in to schools such as Harvard, Stanford, and Yale.
Career
Sam Cheng studied at University of Southern California (B.S. Arts, Tech, Business of Innovation).
Fellow at Kleiner Perkins (KP) from 2026-04 to PresentSelected as one of four designers internationally for Kleiner Perkins' 2026 Design Fellowship, working directly with Multiply and KP partners. Youngest 2026 KP Fellow in a cohort of ~30. Won KP Fellows Hackathon.
Intern at Oracle from 2023-05 to 2024-08 in Redwood City, CAWorked with the Oracle Education Foundation team to design and implement curricula to teach design thinking and technical skills to over 4,000 underserved students globally. Curriculum I developed continues to be used by 1,200+ Oracle employees during over 33,000 volunteer hours
