SL

Sydney Lai

Expanding AI through developer adoption

New York, New York

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2023

  • Head of Developer Advocacy, Co-Founder

    2024

    open-source dev tool to manage decentralized LLMs

2015

  • Keynote Speaker, Developer Advocate

    2015

    Topics: blockchain, aerospace, strategy, growth, emerging technologies, VR, network effect, startup communities, fundraising, venture capital, DAO governance, gaming, entering new markets Past speaking: MCON 2021 - DAO Conference Women Who Code Summit 2021 Women in Banking Forum 2021 DeveloperWeek Global Enterprise 2020 Mintbean Hackathon 2020 Harpa Concert Hall, Iceland 2020 Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College 2019 DevRelCon San Francisco 2019 DevRelCon Tokyo 2019 Flatiron School 2019 Blockchain 2020 Fintech Week NYC 2018 Music x Blockchain 2018 Blockchain Conference New York 2018 FundingPost Conference 2018 Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College 2018 University of South Carolina, School of Journalism 2018 Startup Day 2017 TEDx Speaker 2016 Burning Man 2015 TechCrunch 2015 AppsWorld 2014

  • Co-Founder, Software Development Agency

    2015

    Developing open-source projects Material Design dev shop building web and mobile for Web2 & Web3 Previously built: Aintro (2015) - resume platform VREX 360 Studio (2016) - Create VR apps and 360 videos Growth Barn (2017) - Innovation for rural Communities Spotme Lending (2017) - disrupting the Payday Loan Industry Sebra (2018) - Payment integration Super Boss Mode (2019) - esports career platform MGD (2020) - DAO to fund and support women-led projects

  • LP

    2020 - 2024

    Raised PE debut fund

2018 - 2024

  • Angel Investor

    2018 - 2024

    Angel syndicate providing capital to startups, co-investing alongside with Pre-Seed-Series A VC funds. Investing in venture secondaries. FUNDS Practical Venture Capital, Backstage Capital COMPANIES Utrust, Coral Protocol, Miney Moe, Paperstreet, Status Money, Velly, Gumroad

2020 - 2023

  • Technical Guest Reporter

    2020 - 2023

2022 - 2023

  • Sr. Developer Advocate

    2022 - 2023

2018 - 2022

  • Visiting Lecturer, CSCI 9551, Master's in Information Systems

    2018 - 2022

    CIS 9551 - Blockchain Technologies and Ap https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/courseinfo/detail/CIS9551

2018 - 2022

  • Web3 Developer Advocate

    2018 - 2022

  • Senior Polkadot Ambassador

    2020 - 2021

  • Polkadot Ambassador

    2020 - 2020

    Developer relations for Polkadot, Kusama, Substrate, interoperability of blockchain

  • Technical Apprentice

    2019 - 2020

  • Sr. Associate - Technical Diligence

    2022 - 2022

    Technical lead on game diliegence