# Team ChainOpera AI was founded by pioneers in AI (particularly in federated and decentralized machine learning), blockchain systems, and information theory, who previously built enterprise-grade platforms for generative AI model services and large-scale agent deployment. The team brings strong academic and industry experience from leading institutions such as UC Berkeley, USC, Stanford, and MIT, as well as from global technology companies including Google, Amazon, Meta, Baidu, and Apple. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://paper.chainopera.ai/roadmap-and-research/team.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.