Michael Gao grew up in Dallas, TX, and studied Computer Science and Economics at Columbia University. After starting a college consulting company and volunteering as a college access coach with Matriculate, he is now the Founder of Harvi — an AI-powered college counseling platform. Harvi’s mission is to deliver college and career counseling at scale, all while helping colleges build a strong and diverse student body. Michael previously worked as an engineer at Addepar and a product manager at FutureFit AI. He loves exploring the New York City food scene and will never turn down an oyster happy hour.