Asian Tech Leaders

Justin Pang

Learn from Asian CEOs, entrepreneurs and thinkers in technology on what led to their success and how you can apply their lessons to your life. Join host Justin Pang as he uncovers inspiring stories from Asian leaders in technology and unpacks how their Asian culture and identity impacted their life choices. Learn more at: www.asiantechleaders.com

  1. 2024/05/15

    Jason Fan - CEO and Co-Founder of Dealwise

    Jason Fan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Dealwise, a platform that helps founders of SAAS startups get acquired through its innovative marketplace. Dealwise came out of stealth mode in 2023 and  gives founders access to vetted buyers and provides them with flexible liquidity options while buyers get access to proprietary deal flow. Prior to starting Dealwise, Jason developed and co-founded LLM devtool Psychic during his time at YCombinator. Jason also spent over five years as a Product Manager at various software companies including Robin Hood, Wish and Top Hat. Jason Fan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Dealwise, a platform that helps founders of SAAS startups get acquired through its innovative marketplace. Dealwise came out of stealth mode in 2023 and  gives founders access to vetted buyers and provides them with flexible liquidity options while buyers get access to proprietary deal flow. Prior to starting Dealwise, Jason developed and co-founded LLM devtool Psychic during his time at YCombinator. Jason also spent over five years as a Product Manager at various software companies including Robin Hood, Wish and Top Hat. In this episode, you will learn about: Current M&A Market Dynamics for start-ups and why he built Dealwise Why Jason pivoted away from the LLM devops space and where he thinks the value will accrue in the AI ecosystem How moving from Canada to the US changed Jason’s perspective about risk You can follow Jason on Twitter and learn more about Dealwise at https://godealwise.com/ --------------- Timestamps: (00:01) Tech Trends and Startup Pivots (11:40) Understanding M&A Market Dynamics (20:23) M&A and Startup Challenges and Insights (31:50) Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Upbringing (36:27) Navigating Career Shifts and Geographic Moves (41:23) Navigating Startup Risk and Success --------------- Transcript: https://justinpang.com/jasonfan-podcast-transcript --------------- The Asian Tech Leaders podcast is proudly supported by Vultr, an advanced cloud platform that is revolutionizing how developers build and deploy applications. Their cloud infrastructure, featuring globally available cloud compute, offers unparalleled performance without the vendor lock-in or outrageous egress charges. See what all the buzz is about when you visit GetVultr.com/ATL and use code ATL250 for $250 in cloud credit.

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  2. 2024/02/28

    Jae Lee - Founder and CEO of Twelve Labs

    Jae Lee is the Founder and CEO of Twelve Labs, a video understanding platform that uses AI to help developers and companies search and understand videos quickly. Using its state-of-the-art multimodal foundation model for videos that can accurately and instantly search exact moments within petabytes of video archives, generate coherent text summaries of videos, perform prompt-based video generation, and many more. Jae and his co-founders started the company in 2021 and has secured funding from prominent VCs including Index Ventures and Radial Ventures, and has been recognized as one of CB Insights' AI 100 companies. Prior to starting Twelve Labs, Jae was an award-winning cyber security leader for the South Korean army and he previously spent time as a software engineer at Amazon and Samsung. Jae graduated from UC Berkeley where he studied computer science. In this episode, you will learn: Where Jae is seeing the highest value from multimodal GenAI applications Why Jae believed that multimodal AI was the future and decided to start Twelve Labs How building Twelve Labs with a geographically diverse team is an edge Jae’s upbringing in Seoul and moving to the US with his uncle who sparked his imagination in math and statistics You can follow Jae on Twitter and learn more about Twelve Labs at https://twelvelabs.io/ ------------------------- Timestamps: (00:01) Early Trends in Generative AI Technology (11:55) Building Multimodal AI (23:27) Exploring Curiosity and Statistical Learning (28:31) Navigating Career Choices and Company Culture (42:12) Online Presence and AI Influence ------------------------- Transcript https://justinpang.com/jae-podcast-transcript

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Learn from Asian CEOs, entrepreneurs and thinkers in technology on what led to their success and how you can apply their lessons to your life. Join host Justin Pang as he uncovers inspiring stories from Asian leaders in technology and unpacks how their Asian culture and identity impacted their life choices. Learn more at: www.asiantechleaders.com