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Hi, I'm Jiaqi Cao. Call me Max.

Pre-train Researcher @ IQuest
prev. @ NBG Lab & Shanghai AI Lab

I am a second-year Master’s student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), where I also completed my B.E. degree and fortunately supervised by Prof. Zhouhan Lin. I have worked at several Foundation Model teams, including: IQuest, NBG Lab, Shanghai AI Lab.
Portrait of Jiaqi Cao

Research interests

  • Sparsity Scaling: Exploring next-gen model architectures to open new axes for sparsity scaling [Memory Decoder].
  • Continual Learning: Exploring context-to-weight mechanisms that enable continual learning [MLP Memory].
  • Self-Evolve Agent: With new designs from sparsity scaling & continual learning, build agent that memorizes and evolves.

Recent news

  1. Starts Internship @ IQuest
  2. Nanbeige 4.2 is released, the best open-source model under 12B.
  3. I will present MLP Memory at ICLR 2026 in the city of god, Rio de Janeiro.
  4. Starts Internship @ NBG Lab
  5. MLP Memory is accepted to ICLR 2026.
  6. I will present Memory Decoder at NeurIPS 2025 in San Diego. Come have a chat!
  7. Memory Decoder is accepted to NeurIPS 2025.