Partners & advisors
A cross-border partner and advisor line-up.
Brian Tian
Founder / Co-founder
Founder of aipat.dev with years of entrepreneurship and investing. In 2023 he led the firm’s pivot to international elite technical talent—sourcing leading contributors worldwide to help enterprises identify and close critical capability gaps (case by case).
Li Xiangming
Co-founder
Expert in information security, distributed storage, and blockchain; contributor to national key programs and industry standards.
Jeff Pan
Investment Committee Member
Executive Director and Investment Partner at SoftBank China Capital; founding member of Alibaba’s strategic investment team. MBA, Western University (Canada).
Robin Zhao
Partner
Industry Advisor, IP Platform · Ecosystem Expert, Angel Investment Association. Focused on AI technology licensing, enterprise AI & digital transformation, and global GTM—covering growth coaching, talent development, and tech commercialization.
Ishant Singh Chauhan
Technical Advisor
Former AI researcher at OpenAI, focused on large language models and deep learning. Strong experience building AI products from zero to one across NLP, model optimization, and system architecture.
Adityaa Kumar
Partner
From the Avalanche Foundation core team; deep involvement in Ethereum, Solana, and other Web3 ecosystems. Focused on global technology patent commercialization and strategic investment.
Michele Griffin
Strategic Advisor
Formerly a partner for 7 years at a16z (Andreessen Horowitz), leading frontier-tech investing and commercialization. Focused on elite talent ecosystems and international partnership networks.
Yang Zimeng
Head of Ecosystem Center
Years of experience in entrepreneurship and technology product innovation, with a long track record in innovation ecosystem building, frontier project discovery, and technology commercialization. Skilled at cross-domain project evaluation, proof of concept (PoC) validation, productization design, and industry resource coordination—helping early-stage technology projects move from product to market under defined scope.