GoKawiilEx-Meta and Tinder AI Exec Maria Zhang Brings Big-Tech AI to Restaurants via Palona AI
Maria Zhang, who previously led AI engineering efforts at Instagram, Tinder and Google, is now CEO of Palona AI, a startup applying large-scale AI techniques to restaurant operations. The company targets tasks like catering coordination, phone call handling and staff support rather than the recommendation and ranking systems she built at Meta and Tinder.