Founder-trained · AI-native · Product & Operations

I make ambiguity executable.

I’m Peter Li. I use product taste to choose what matters, AI leverage to build faster, and evidence to decide what scales—and what should stop.

Peter Li
Peter LiChicago, IL
What I bring

Product judgment.
Operational follow-through.

I connect the first useful version with the systems, signals and people that make it work in the real world.

01

Build from zero

Turn ambiguity into something concrete enough to use, evaluate and improve.

02

Make it repeatable

Build the workflow, measurement and operating rhythm that let a team repeat what works.

03

Bridge contexts

Align customers, teams and partners across functions, languages and markets.

Recent and
selected work.

Products, systems and decisions that show how I operate when the answer is not yet obvious.

put·here macOS app interface
Recently shipped2026

put·here

A local-first spatial canvas for capturing text, links, images and files before deciding how they should be organized. AI can help reveal relationships; the files remain yours.

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02 / Memora3D2025

A 0→1 launch—and a data-backed shutdown.

I designed the journey from photo upload and AI reconstruction through production and cross-border delivery. The beta exposed a roughly 14-day fulfillment cycle, 2–3 days of human refinement and a 30% sample defect rate. With the required price above validated willingness to pay, I shut the product down.

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03 KEOPLUS Co-built an online course platform from concept to launch across Adobe XD, Webflow and the WeChat Mini Program. Shaped a freemium onboarding model that reached 5 institutional clients, and ran OceanEngine tests that improved paid CTR by ~20% and helped acquire 2 clients. The founding team later secured a ¥2M seed round.
04 CAEP Research System Automated a 60+ company research workflow and reduced manual processing time by approximately 50%.
05 UChicago Venture Club With the team, built a cross-border founder–investor platform, two live sites and a repeatable Demo Day funnel.

Build to learn.
Decide with evidence.

I move from a first version to useful signals, then make the call: scale, revise or stop.

01

Build

Turn a hypothesis into the smallest testable version of a product, workflow or experience.

02

Test

Use customer behavior, quality signals, funnels and economics—not wishful thinking.

03

Decide

Scale what works, change course early and stop when the evidence says the model is wrong.

I want my work to make everyday life a little better.

That is the filter I keep returning to. I’m drawn to products, systems and everyday objects that make life clearer, easier or more considered.

My background spans venture building, product design, growth experiments, automation and cross-border operations. Across them, the pattern is consistent: make ambiguity tangible, learn from real use and improve what matters.

I’m based in Chicago and open to work where product judgment, hands-on execution and business thinking need to come together.

University of ChicagoMPP · Quantitative Methods
Babson CollegeBSBA · Entrepreneurship
University of EdinburghUndergraduate Exchange Programme · Business & Management
LanguagesEnglish + Mandarin

Objects, light,
movement and ritual.

The things I return to outside work are not separate from how I build. Furniture teaches me about use and proportion; photography trains attention; tennis rewards rhythm and adjustment; coffee and matcha turn small variables into a daily craft.

01Furniture design
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Front view of a bronze-toned architectural light
Rear view of the architectural light
Angled view of the architectural light
Architectural light illuminating a dark room

Light as an Architectural Gesture

A lighting study exploring how a rotating bronze-toned canopy can reveal, soften and shape atmosphere.

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Front view of a transparent memory bench Top view of the transparent memory bench Transparent memory stool Angled view of the transparent memory bench

Objects Designed Around Human Memory

Transparent furniture forms that keep everyday objects visible, reachable and easier to remember.

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02PhotographyArchitecture, products, light and small details that change how a place feels.
03TennisTiming, placement and the satisfaction of making small adjustments point by point.
04Coffee & matchaDialing texture, temperature and balance into a drink worth repeating.
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