Founder & CEO of Ares and Founder & General Partner of Formulate Ventures.
Ares is an information media-first financial trading app where attention, emotion, and capital collide in real time. Built on the thesis that narrative drives price, Ares transforms market activity into a living source of truth - where every trade is a staked signal, and the most credible voices rise by being right. It lets users trade predictions and crypto shaped by the stories of our time, integrating real-time social signals and data intelligence into a seamless trading terminal. Headquartered in New York City, Ares is backed by Alliance, Foundation Capital, Caladan, United Overseas Bank, and other leading investors.
Through Ares, I aim to build a new source of truth that is transparent and powered by free market forces, and systems that reflect and elevate human consciousness through markets. My mission is to enable individuals to have higher agency and co-create a new system that advances human development and the ascension of collective consciousness. I'm passionate about exploring how technology and spirituality intersect to shape our next paradigm. In my free time, I study technology and politics, travel to experience new cultures, and visit art museums around the world. I also practice meditation and enjoy exploring diverse spiritual perspectives.
Before founding Ares and Formulate Ventures, I was a machine learning engineer, founder of an AI company, and Partner at Foundation Capital. I earned my B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, with a focus on AI, and my MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Raised between Taipei and Phoenix, I lived in San Francisco and now reside in New York City.
The next frontier is where capital meets consciousness.
Press:
Forbes: Under 30 Under 30 Finance & Venture Capital
Business Insider: Fountain Announces $3.5M Seed Round to Streamline Web3 Operations for Enterprises
Techcrunch: Alliance DAO invested in Fountain
DigitalTimesAsia: Startup marketability: Q&A with Foundation Capital partner Morgan Lai