Gan Tu builds image-generation products and search experiences at OpenAI, where he works on ImageGen and generative interfaces for search and answers. Previously, he was a staff software engineer at Google, contributing to knowledge panels and YouTube machine learning and trust and safety; earlier, he worked on structured event extraction for Siri at Apple. He also develops open-source tools for generative interfaces, including a schema-driven widget renderer.
Member of Technical Staff
ImageGen models & products; Search & Answers Experience (generative ui, local search, image search, web search, entity search, knowledge panels, consumer reservations)
Staff Software Engineer
Google Knowledge/Information Panels (~30% global traffic, 24+ verticals, 2024 company-wide Search Tech Impact Award); YouTube ML & Trust and Safety;
Machine Learning Co-Op
Structured Events Extraction (Proactive Siri)
Computer Science
Graduate Certificate, Advanced Software Systems
