# Martin Ong

> Martin Ong is an AI engineer based in New York City. He builds AI products that hold up outside the demo — currently at ShortTok, where he took the product from prototype to a workflow customers pay for and use daily. Previously he built the data platform for autonomous systems at the edge at Anduril Industries, and spent six years at Amazon Go as an early engineer on the computer-vision system behind cashierless checkout and Just Walk Out as a Service. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Columbia University.

- Role: AI Engineer
- Location: New York, New York, US
- Website: https://www.martinong.com/
- Email: contact@martinong.com

## About

Technical enough to build it. Opinionated enough to know if you should.

I've spent my career bringing AI from technically possible to real-world product. Right now is the most exciting time to be doing this, the gap between what's possible and what's been built is enormous. I want to be building in that gap, with people who care about getting it right.

## Experience

### ShortTok (2024 – Present)
Turning raw footage into produced video stories with AI
Built the product from prototype to a workflow customers pay for and use daily
https://shorttok.com/

### Anduril Industries (2022 – 2024)
Data platform for autonomous systems at the edge
Reliable data delivery over unreliable connections
https://www.anduril.com/

### Amazon Go (2016 – 2022)
AI behind cashierless checkout at scale
Early engineer on Amazon Go and Just Walk Out as a Service
https://www.justwalkout.com/

## Education

### Columbia University (2016)
BS Computer Science
https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/

## Focus areas

- Applied AI
- AI product engineering
- Machine learning systems
- Computer vision
- Distributed systems
- Edge computing
- Data platforms
- Video processing

## Contact

- Email: contact@martinong.com
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/ongmartin)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/martinong)