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The WorkOptional team.
CHAIRMAN • Co-author #10CS
San Eng
WSJ Best-Selling author of #10Cs. $500M+ deployed across East-West AI. Former Goldman, MIT.
CO-AUTHOR • RESEARCH
Dr. Felix Arndt
PhD Tsinghua University, formerly Alibaba DAMO Academy. Expert in PRC AI policy and deep tech.
CO-AUTHOR • CMO
Alvin Foo
10 years investing in Southeast Asia AI. Board observer at 12+ portfolio companies across APAC.
"The West is noisy. The East is subtle. The rest of the world is ignored. Allocators see half. We give them both halves."
– WorkOptional.ai mission
Three rooms.
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Intelligence becomes education. Education builds the audience. The audience becomes the co-investor base.
East / West leaders in AI:
builders and investors.
US
Andrew Ng
AI Fund · DeepLearning.AI
CN
Robin Li
Baidu
IL
Tim Draper
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
TW
Connie Chan
a16z
CN
Rui Ma
Tech Buzz China
SG
Gary Vee
VaynerX
US
Donald Miller
StoryBrand
TW
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