PeopleofSuperintelligence

Company, United States

Zoom

Statistics

People here now
3
People ever
4
Citations of current people
50,731
Median h-index of current people
53
Full moves in and out
4 in, 2 out

Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Citation figures count 3 of the 3 people here now. People whose OpenAlex record may be incomplete or mixed are left out. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.

We estimate that 4 people shaping AI have worked at Zoom, including 3 (75%) here now and 1 with a former affiliation. Among 3,344 companies, the group is tied for 56th on current people and tied for 155th on all-time people. All 4 people with profile topics work in language and speech, and researchers make up 3 of the 3 people here now (100%). Dated work records span from 2023 to 2026. Across dated career transitions, we record 4 full moves in and 2 out.

Researchers make up 3 of the 3 people here now (100%), and “speech recognition” leads profile topics (2).Roles, current affiliations, profile topics, and recorded birth countries (2 known) and birth years (2 known) for the 3 people here now.

A summary of current people at Zoom. It shows roles, affiliations, profile topics and birth countries known for 2 people. The median birth year uses 2 people.

Role categories

  • Research3

Current affiliations

  • Zoom3

Top profile topics

  • speech recognition2
  • computer vision1
  • deep learning1
  • machine translation1
  • multimodal interfaces1

Birth countries

Known for 2 of 3 people now.

  • China1
  • Germany1

Median birth year

about 1959 (2 people)

Source: People of Superintelligence profiles, current career records and recorded birthplaces, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
MeasureValuePeople
RoleResearch3
Current affiliationZoom3
Profile topicspeech recognition2
Profile topiccomputer vision1
Profile topicdeep learning1
Profile topicmachine translation1
Profile topicmultimodal interfaces1
Birth countryChina1
Birth countryGermany1
Birth country coverage2 of 3 people now2
Median birth yearabout 19592

Full arrivals outnumbered full departures by 2 (4 in vs. 2 out): arrivals came 2 from universities (50%) and 2 from companies (50%), while departures went 1 to a company (50%) and 1 to a university (50%). Today, 1 of the 1 person formerly at Zoom has a recorded current affiliation elsewhere (1 at a company).

From 2023 to 2026, arrivals and departures balanced at 2 people each.Latest recorded transition per person, 2023–2026 (4 full moves and 0 roles taken alongside existing work).

A list of people who joined or left Zoom from 2023 through 2026, with the year and move type.

Joined

Left

Source: People of Superintelligence career moves, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
YearPersonDirectionOther organizationMove type
2026Alex AceroJoinedAppleFull move
2026Alex WaibelJoinedKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyFull move
2025Lingxiao ZhaoLeftMistral AIFull move
2025Xuedong HuangLeftBeihang UniversityFull move

Compared with peer companies, Zoom ranks higher on current headcount (tied for 56th of 3,344) than on all-time headcount (tied for 155th); 3 of its 4 all-time people (75%) hold a current role here. Across work histories (excluding degrees), 4 of the 4 people who have worked at Zoom (100%) also held a work role at another organization, connecting Zoom to 18 peer institutions. Among the 3 current people with confident OpenAlex author records, combined citations reach 50,731 and the median h-index is 53 (combined h-index 161, 29th among 511 counted companies); Alex Waibel leads by citations (23,315).

Among 3,344 companies, Zoom is tied for 56th on current people (3) and tied for 155th on all-time people (4).Standing across all organizations and organizations of the same type on current people, all-time people and combined h-index of current people. Ties share a rank.

A table compares Zoom with 8827 organizations and 3344 organizations of the same type for current people, people ever and combined h-index where available.

People now

3 people

tied for 395th of 8,827 organizationstied for 56th of 3,344 companies

People ever

4 people

tied for 1,053rd of 8,827 organizationstied for 155th of 3,344 companies

Combined h-index of people now

161 across 3 people

tied for 287th of 1,834 organizations29th of 511 companies

Source: People of Superintelligence organization membership and confident OpenAlex statistics, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
MeasureValueAll organizationsSame type
People now3tied for 395th of 8,827tied for 56th of 3,344
People ever4tied for 1,053rd of 8,827tied for 155th of 3,344
Combined h-index of people now161 (3 people)tied for 287th of 1,83429th of 511
Carnegie Mellon University shares the largest career overlap with Zoom, at 4 of 4 people with work records elsewhere.Organizations where people with work records at Zoom also worked at any time in their careers (4 people across 18 organizations; degrees excluded).

A ranked chart shows 5 organizations with people who also have work records at Zoom. Each count is a distinct person with work stints at both organizations.

Source: People of Superintelligence affiliations and work stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
OrganizationShared people
Carnegie Mellon University4
Apple2
Microsoft2
Beihang University1
C-STAR1

People here now

All 3 people with a current role at Zoom are researchers. Earlier in their careers, 3 of the 3 held a work role at another organization, most often at Carnegie Mellon University (3). Outside degrees among current people come most often from Carnegie Mellon University (2). 2 current people also hold a concurrent affiliation outside Zoom.

People with former affiliations

We record 1 person who formerly worked at Zoom. That person has a recorded current role at Mistral AI. The 1 former person with a confident OpenAlex record has 1,146 career citations (h-index 11).