I build companies, teach, and write about what I learn along the way.

I started out at Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, and LinkedIn, then left to build Homebase in Vietnam, which became the first Vietnamese company Y Combinator ever backed. If any of this is close to what you’re working on, write to me.

Now

SkylarqCo-founder

We help teams walk into a conference already knowing who’s in the room, with the right meetings booked before they land.

Allston LabsCo-founder

We embed AI engineers inside sales teams, then stay to run what we build.

A school for the things AI can’t teach: agency, taste, craft, judgment. Our first cohort at the International School of Beijing shipped nine products in five days, and a few of them earned their first dollar.

Before

HomebaseCo-founder & COO, YC W21

We raised $30M to help families across Southeast Asia buy a home without waiting on a bank mortgage.

Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, LinkedInEarlier

Writing

Sunday morning thoughtsDec 2025 Be WaterNov 2025 On Leverage PointsNov 2025 To My Future Kids letters, slowly becoming a bookBook

Recognition

Semafor World Economy Principal inaugural cohort2026
Chang Prize Caltech2026
Asia 21 Young Leader Asia Society2025
Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Consumer Tech2022

Education

Caltech Computer ScienceBS
Harvard SEAS and HBSMS/MBA
Tsinghua University Schwarzman ScholarMA