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Sam Zheng

Sam Zheng

Serial AI founder and qualified actuary — co-founder of Hyper Anna and Curious Thing, now co-leading 477 Studio; named the Actuaries Institute's 2026 Actuary of the Year.

Sep 22, 2026

We Are Actuaries

We Are Actuaries

From Actuary to Serial AI Start-up Founder with Sam Zheng

Sep 22 · 40m

speaker_3ADVERTISER
23:20
territory.
Sam Zheng
Sam ZhengGUEST
23:22
Then machine learning, data science thing happened.
Sam Zheng
Sam ZhengGUEST
23:26
More, I would say, non-actuaries start doing pricing.
Sam Zheng
Sam ZhengGUEST
23:31
At the same time, more actuaries start learning their techniques.
Sam Zheng
Sam ZhengGUEST
23:34
And I wouldn't call it their techniques.
Sam Zheng
Sam ZhengGUEST
23:36
I would say more techniques.
Sam Zheng
Sam ZhengGUEST
23:38
So we started building models.

10 MINS LATER

Julia Lessing
Julia LessingHOST
33:50
Sam, what's your top tip for actuaries who might be considering taking their actuarial careers outside the traditional pathway?

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