Wei Lien Dang Profile
Wei Lien Dang

@weiliendang

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Early-stage investor, advisor & company builder | Previously GP @Unusual_VC + Co-founder @stackrox (acq. by @RedHat) | Husband & father of 3

San Francisco Bay Area
Joined May 2009
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@weiliendang
Wei Lien Dang
2 years
Open source is impacting all layers of the AI stack. @DavidSHershey & I highlight how open source is the biggest driver advancing AI-native infrastructure, why it's happening & what it means. Our market map shows #OSS taking on proprietary products in every major area. #GenAI
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Wei Lien Dang
9 months
Thanks for your insights @AstasiaMyers, @natalievais & @ejn! Founders @KubeCon_ got to benefit from a ton of awesome #VC brainpower on the stage today!. Appreciate Kelsey Hightower & @meganreyno for organizing #CNCF StartupFest!.
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Astasia Myers
9 months
Had an awesome time speaking about cloud-native, open source, and AI technologies at @KubeCon_ with @natalievais, @ejn and @weiliendang! . Themes: .1) data continues to rule all, .2) open source business models are applicable to AI,.3) compute & AI reasoning are the next unlock
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Wei Lien Dang
9 months
If you'll be in Salt Lake City next week for @CloudNativeFdn's @linuxfoundation's @kubecon_, join me, @natalievais@AstasiaMyers@ejn on Tuesday for a VC panel on the $100B opportunity in cloud-native #AI!. We'll be discussing the market opportunities, trends & business models
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Wei Lien Dang
9 months
Super excited for @KubeCon_ / #CloudNativeStartupFest coming up on November 12 in Salt Lake City - I'll be speaking / hosting a VC panel with @AstasiaMyers, @natalievais & @ejn!. Join us to hear an investor perspective on the biggest opportunities for founders building in #AI &.
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Wei Lien Dang
9 months
Nearly every great product company is a great infrastructure software company. Infrastructure enabled Google to deliver the most relevant search results and the fastest browser, Facebook to provide the most personalized social feed, Netflix to stream with the best viewer.
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Wei Lien Dang
9 months
Huge congrats to @feross and the entire @SocketSecurity team on their $40M Series B! The level and pace of their innovation in developer security is really remarkable. The @Unusual_VC team and I are proud to have supported Feross from the very beginning. Thrilled to see them.
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Wei Lien Dang
9 months
Pricing AI products is a hot topic right now. How can early-stage AI founders think about it?. One way is to start with a tried-and-true framework, which generally categorizes pricing into one of three approaches:.1. Value-based.2. Cost-based.3. Competition-based. With #1, the.
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Wei Lien Dang
9 months
A common failure mode of technical founders is thinking that if you build a cool product, everyone will want it, i.e. distribution and GTM will take care of itself. A great product earns you the right to compete and is a necessary but (by itself) insufficient requisite for
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Wei Lien Dang
9 months
What will gross margins for foundation model companies look like in the coming years? Cloud providers serve as an illustrative example and the answer is: probably higher than one would expect. With OpenAI’s price drops and significant spend on compute, some may have thought.
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Wei Lien Dang
10 months
Enjoyed this conversation with @gracegongGG about #AI, #opensource & early-stage investing / company building!.
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Grace Gong
10 months
Listen to my conversation with @weiliendang from @Unusual_VC on . Spotify: Apple: Youtube: #vc #tech #podcast
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Wei Lien Dang
10 months
Excited to partner with @spirosx & @maynkag again!.
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Spiros Xanthos
10 months
Hopefully making the lives of developers a little easier today!. We’re proud to launch @ResolveAI and our first product, an AI Production Engineer that handles all alerts, performs root cause analysis, and helps resolve incidents, making on-call stress-free. Resolve AI.
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Wei Lien Dang
11 months
RT @Unusual_VC: Unusual Academy applications are due TONIGHT! Apply by midnight PT to be considered: Building a co….
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Wei Lien Dang
11 months
Every founder's journey is unique. @Unusual_VC was founded by @jvrionis and @jyotibansalsf with the core belief that we could provide meaningful help to early-stage founders - in a tailored, customized way. Unusual Academy brings together an elite group of founders seeking to.
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Wei Lien Dang
11 months
Super excited to moderate the VC panel @KubeCon_ @CloudNativeFdn #StartupFest with awesome investors @CrystalHuang (@GVteam), @AstasiaMyers (@felicis) & @natalievais (@sparkcapital)! . We'll be talking about the $100B opportunity across cloud-native #AI, #OSS & more. Check out.
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Wei Lien Dang
11 months
RT @jyotibansalsf: Are you a founder looking for $100K - $2M in investment? Unusual Academy is back and we're looking for companies to buil….
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Wei Lien Dang
11 months
I’m super excited for this upcoming cycle of Unusual Academy, which always brings together an elite group of founders who build and learn alongside each other. Applications are now open!.
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John Vrionis
11 months
The @Unusual Ventures Fall 2024 Academy application is OPEN! @jyotibansalsf & I believe the methods we've learned over the past 17 years can change the slope of an early stage startup by 20%+. We give you money to learn the secrets. Check out the details
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Wei Lien Dang
11 months
RT @JuliaANeagu: Wayfair is using AI to augment and improve customer service and sales interactions. As AI-enhanced capabilities become int….
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Wei Lien Dang
1 year
Calling all founders! Our team @Unusual_VC put together a very short survey to hear what's important when you're deciding to work with investors. We would appreciate 2 minutes of your time to share your input - thank you!.
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Jyoti Bansal
1 year
Founders and founding teams — we’re in need of some help. The team at @Unusual_VC are running a short survey on what founders look for when choosing to work with investors. The survey should only take 2 minutes and I’d appreciate any insights offered. Thank you for the help!.
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