Michael Yang

AI @ Stanford | Agentic Commerce @ Visa | Prev @ Coinbase, Bridge

San Francisco Bay Area

About

I’m a Master’s student in Computer Science at Stanford University, specializing in Artificial Intelligence. My work and interests span deep learning, computer vision, robotics, distributed systems, and emerging AI applications such as agentic payments. I’m focused on building real-world AI systems across software, infrastructure, and hardware, especially technologies that can transform how people interact with intelligent products.

Experience

  • Product Engineer - Agentic Commerce at Visa
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    Making credit cards work for AI agents

  • Head of Research at Stanford Blockchain Club
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    Chief Editor for Stanford Blockchain Review

  • Venture Capital Analyst Intern at Paramita Venture
    Jun 2025 - Sep 2025 · 4 mos

    AI x Crypto

  • Software Engineer at Coinbase
    Jun 2023 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Payments Processing

  • Software Engineer at Bridge
    Dec 2022 - Jun 2023 · 7 mos

    Acquired by Stripe in 2024