Helping founders think globally. @progressionfund @UNSWEngineering @LBS & @NYUStern Alum. Engineer & Tech Geek. Passionate about health and wellness

Oakland, CA
Joined June 2013
I recently had the chance to chat with Steven Zhao about his up and down journey building @SandboxVR. I continue to be amazed at Steven's resilience and I'm glad to be part of the journey as one of his earliest supporters. progression.fund/blog/founde…
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if you sell AI training data, see how you compare: we found 159 companies selling data, RL envs and evals, every fact sourced plus 38 programs that pay companies for their data: whosellsdata.com 8 of the 14 that pay companies directly publish a dollar range. most of the rest set terms per deal. unknowns are marked and nothing is ranked the other page: what each program wants, who qualifies and what it offers: whosellsdata.com/buying missing something, or something wrong? fix it on the site, a person reviews every change we built this at @Secludy. if you buy, broker or license company data and need the names out before it reaches a lab, dm me
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Matt Lee retweeted
Nobody has ever loved their HR software. We talked to 250+ HR professionals this year, and the same wishes came up over and over. - Get my time back from busywork. - Let me build what my org actually needs instead of waiting on someone's roadmap or begging IT for resources and budget. - Kill the friction my employees feel at every turn. So today @dalton_wais and I are launching Winslow (@usewinslow) - the first truly AI-native platform for payroll, benefits, HR, and operations. We set out to fix HR software. Along the way, we realized Winslow could be something bigger. It does everything you'd expect — payroll, benefits, employee data, workflows. But Winslow is also an AI employee, available to your whole team 24/7 in Slack, Claude, Codex, and our app. Ask for what you need, and it gets done. → Want a Slack ping every Monday with the week's birthdays and work anniversaries? Just ask. → Onboarding a new engineer? Drop their offer letter into Claude and Winslow takes it from there. → Built a dashboard in Lovable using your Winslow employee data? Share it with your team right inside the app. All of it runs on the most robust MCP toolset out there, wrapped in a deep permission and security layer on SOC 2-compliant infrastructure. The goal was simple and a little audacious: rethink HR and payroll not as something that could suck less but as something every employee might actually fall in love with. It's pretty awesome. And honestly? It feels a little magical. None of this type of thing is possible alone. Thanks so much to huge investor support along the way from @MarkALinao from Progression, Erin and Cara at PTP, @FrazerAnderson , @DaveBlundin and Camilo Román Cepeda at Link Ventures, @bencasnocha at @villageglobal, @kshillo and @jessicapeltz at @HannahGreyVC , @brianshin at VitalStage Ventures, and countless other angels, advisors and critical figures like @adamdlurie who’s been ride or die through the whole process. We can’t wait for everyone to try Winslow out. Whether you need to run your first payroll or you’re 50 people and running from the crazy prices of a PEO, we have your back. Feel free to reach out on the website or here. For today, if you like what you see please give us a repost, comment or some love. #HR #FutureOfWork #AINative #HRIS #PeopleOps #HRTech #payroll
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day 207 of building @trycandleapp, the duolingo for relationships and staying close with friends :) huge shoutout to @ulonnaya and @TechCrunch for writing an incredible piece on our story and growth! more here: techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/th… we’re so grateful for the support and excited for what’s ahead with candle :)
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Introducing luma for iOS 26, now with Liquid Glass. Stunning, but it's far more than what meets the eye. It also *works* better. The team put in a lot of thoughts into every little detail, and we think you are going to love it ™ Check it out: lu.ma/ios.
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Chen Li discusses his journey from PhD dropout in signal processing to coining the term #EngagementCommerce. The unforgettable market buying experience should be a daily shopping experience on the palmstreet app. progression.fund/blog/founde…
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We hope you like our rebrand and our new logo!
We are excited to announce that we are rebranding Luma to Luna. Our friends on the Moon have been planning their most important event of the decade, a full eclipse of the sun, and they asked us to power their events — a request we couldn't say no to.
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We've just released a redesigned map for @LumaHQ! We hope it'll be a handy planning tool for you :) Check out a live example for the #NFTNYC calendar: lu.ma/nft-nyc/map. Btw, it also works great on mobile, but nothing beats our native app: lu.ma/ios.
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We just dropped the 2024 collection of event covers at @LumaHQ ! Handcrafted by our great @GuillaumeMitch, we've got something for you whether you are hosting a CNY party, a happy hour, or even a wedding. Warning: use of these covers will attract more people to your events.
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You can download it here → lu.ma/ios
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Introducing Luma for iOS! Create events, send SMS invites, and chat with your friends right from the Luma app.
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Replying to @AtmosfyApp
@AtmosfyApp founder Michael Ebel shares why he started a #hospitality discovery platform during the pandemic and some tips for #founders to manage their #mentalhealth. Woodwork and tennis helped me stay mentally focused and sharp. What is your routine? progression.fund/blog/founde…
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🚨⬇️ 🌉 — lu.ma/sf 🗽 — lu.ma/nyc which city should we do next? what building do you want to see?
Today we're launching Tech in NYC which curates the best tech events in NYC and puts them in one page and in a weekly newsletter. There's a busy week coming up, let's see what's coming up 👇
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Hello LA! 🌴 Check out and subscribe to the LA page to see the best tech events before they sell out. With LA Tech Week around the corner, we have a full calendar coming up! ⬇️⬇️ lu.ma/la
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We just launched our very first event themes on @LumaHQ 🎨👩‍🎨 Pick a color that matches your vibe ❤️💙💚🧡💛🩷
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Three years ago, we started Luma to help hosts create delightful events. In the past year alone, we've seen over 6 million event guests. Today, we're taking the next step and launching a new product to help you find these incredible events. 👇
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srry can't talk, launching an app!
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Interesting @powerbog's post about upcoming gaming trends. I'm particularly excited to see how different models and tech mixes together: - Subscriptions enabled by web3 tokens. - In-game (NFTs) items developed by AI. - Communities becoming a big part of the marketing budget.
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if u live in ann arbor and wanna come see me do a lil talk come through ❤️‍🔥 huge plus: u can meet my mom
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