Andrew Tan

Andrew Tan

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TLDR AI & TLDR Founders
San Francisco, California, United States

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  • Humans
    Founding Partner
    Humans
    Jan 2024 - Current (2 years 9 months)
  • Tower Research Capital
    Venture Partner
    Tower Research Capital
    Jan 2024 - Current (2 years 9 months)
    Investing in applied AI and vertical SaaS
  • Anthropic
    Investor
    Anthropic
    Jan 2023 - Current (3 years 9 months)
  • OpenAI
    Investor
    OpenAI
    Jan 2023 - Current (3 years 9 months)
  • Builders Capital
    Founder
    Builders Capital
    Jan 2022 - Current (4 years 9 months)
    Investing in exceptional companies and even better people.

    Join syndicate: https://venture.angellist.com/andrew/syndicate
  • Tldr
    TLDR AI & TLDR Founders
    Tldr
    Jan 2022 - Current (4 years 9 months)
    TLDR is a modern media company running 8 curated newsletters with over 1.5 million readers covering the latest in startups, tech, programming, AI, crypto, and more.

    tldr.tech/ai
    tldr.tech/founders
  • Tldr
    Founder of TLDR AI & TLDR Founders
    Tldr
    Jan 2022 - Current (4 years 9 months)
    TLDR is a modern media company running 8 curated newsletters with over 1.5 million readers covering the latest in startups, tech, programming, AI, crypto, and more.

    tldr.tech/ai
    tldr.tech/founders
  • Handshake
    AI Product Lead
    Handshake
    Jan 2022 - Dec 2024 (3 years)
    Co-founded Handshake's GenAI team from 0 to 1

    Handshake is the leading early-career platform with 15M+ active student users, 1,500+ college and university partners, and 900K+ employers.
  • Nova acquired
    Founder & CEO
    Nova acquired
    Jan 2020 - Dec 2024 (5 years)
    Nova (previously Ladder) is the professional community platform for the next generation to find opportunities, learn from industry experts, and grow their careers together.

    Nova was acquired in 2022.

    Join now: joinnova.co
  • Sequoia Capital
    Data Analyst
    Sequoia Capital
    Jan 2019 - Dec 2020 (2 years)
    Sequoia Talent Network, InSITE Fellow
  • Sequoia Capital
    Data Science
    Sequoia Capital
    Jan 2019 - Dec 2020 (2 years)
    Sequoia Talent Network, InSITE Fellow
  • Google Deepmind
    AI Product Management
    Google Deepmind
    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019 (1 year)
    Google Brain (now DeepMind), Research & Machine Intelligence, Image Understanding
  • Ironfire Ventures
    Investor
    Ironfire Ventures
    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019 (1 year)
  • Google
    AI PM
    Google
    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019 (1 year)
    Ironfire Ventures is an early stage, cross-border venture fund with offices in San Francisco and Hong Kong. Focusing on artificial intelligence, enterprise software, and deep tech.
  • Berkeley RISE Lab
    AI & Systems Researcher
    Berkeley RISE Lab
    Jan 2018 - Dec 2019 (2 years)
    Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning, Distributed Systems

    Open source contributor to Ray: https://github.com/ray-project/ray
  • AQR Capital Management
    Quantitative Portfolio Manager
    AQR Capital Management
    Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 (1 year)
    Quant Research & Long-Short Equity Portfolio Management (Global Stock Selection)
  • Citadel Securities
    Quantitative Researcher
    Citadel Securities
    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017 (1 year)
    Alpha Research and High-Frequency Trading (Citadel Securities)
  • Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research
    AI Researcher
    Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research
    Jan 2016 - Dec 2017 (2 years)
    Computational Cognitive Science Lab - Prof. Tom Griffiths
    Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS)
  • Goodpointio
    Co-Founder
    Goodpointio
    Jan 2015 - Dec 2017 (3 years)
    Goodpoint is a feedback platform for visual documents

    Backed by Pear VC, The House, and Free Ventures
    PearX S17 Accelerator
  • Branch
    Data Scientist & Growth Engineer
    Branch
    Jan 2015 - Dec 2016 (2 years)
    Data Science, Software Engineering, Partner Growth
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  • Irvington High School
    Irvington High School
    Irvington High School
  • University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business
    Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
    University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business
    Dropped out
  • Stanford University
    Master's degree, Computer Science
    Stanford University
    Graduate TA for CS 221 (Artificial Intelligence) and CS 124 (Natural Language Processing) Specialization: Artificial Intelligence Advisor: Stephen Boyd
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Entrepreneurship
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    MIT Launch Program
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
    Bachelor's degree, Computer Science (Honors), Statistics
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
    Graduated with Highest Distinction (Summa Cum Laude)
    Head TA for CS 88 (Intro to CS for Data Scientists)
    Thesis Advisor: Joseph Gonzalez
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  • P
    Presidential Elections Analysis
    Nov 2016 - Dec 2016 (2 months)
    Collaborators: Abhinav Bhardwaj, Gavin Poe, Michelle Ko, Jerry Gao
  • R
    Retail Data Innovation Project
    Mar 2016 - May 2016 (3 months)
    Worked alongside industry experts and UC Berkeley faculty to develop big data strategies for retailers. Provided recommendations on how to best deploy an annual budget of $1 million to optimize return on investment from the firm's data. Advised by Mike Olson (CSO at Cloudera), Shomit Ghose (Onset Ventures), Greg LeBlanc (Haas Business School), and Ikhlaq Sidhu (Sutardja Center at Berkeley).
  • B
    Bear Maps
    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016 (1 year)
    Created a mapping and routing web application inspired by Google Maps using OpenStreetMap data. Features include display (QuadTree data structure), routing (A● search algorithm), search and autocomplete (Trie data structure), zooming, and dragging. Made with Java, deployed on Heroku.
  • E
    Emote
    Jan 2015 - Dec 2015 (1 year)
    Mobile application and website that alerts and communicates the emotional state of at-risk students between parents, peers, teachers, and administration. Won 2nd Place at Startup Weekend Education SF.
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  • UC Berkeley
    Outstanding Student Instructor
    UC Berkeley
    Jan 2019
    1 of 2 TAs awarded from the UC Berkeley Data Science Department
  • UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
    Jack Larson Scholar
    UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
    Jan 2018
    Awarded scholarship to pursue entrepreneurship in technology and research.
  • UC Berkeley College of Engineering
    EECS Honors Program
    UC Berkeley College of Engineering
    Jan 2018
    "The EECS Honors Program is designed to provide very talented undergraduate students interested in undergraduate research. Honors students pursue an academic concentration outside of the department, engage in research, receive a special faculty advisor, and are invited to special events with faculty and EECS Honors alumni."
  • UC Berkeley
    Phi Beta Kappa
    UC Berkeley
    Jan 2018
    Inducted as a junior. Awarded to top 20 students in the Class of 2019 (early induction).
  • Snap Inc
    Snap Research Scholar
    Snap Inc
    Jan 2017
    1 of 11 students in the nation awarded the Snap Research Scholarship. "The scholarship recipients were awarded based on the quality of their academic performance in technical coursework, the depth of relevant research experience and extracurricular achievements, and their ability to solve tough technical challenges and to apply technical concepts to real-world problems."
  • P
    Pear VC Summer Fellowship
    Pear Ventures
    Jan 2017
    Seed investment and accelerator program for early stage startups. Received $30k in funding.
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
    Dean's Honors List
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
    Jan 2016
    Dean's Honor List is an award given to the top 4% of students in the College of Letters and Sciences for demonstrating outstanding academic excellence. Years awarded: 2015 - 2019
  • C
    Cal Alumni Association Leadership Award
    Cal Alumni Association
    Jan 2016
    The Leadership Award is a merit-based scholarship that recognizes undergraduate students at UC Berkeley who demonstrate innovative, initiative-driven leadership impacting their academic, work, or community environments. Years awarded: 2015 - 2018
  • Irvington High School
    Salutatorian
    Irvington High School
    Jun 2015
    Rank #2 in Irvington High School's graduating Class of 2015 (505 students) based on weighted GPA (4.65/4.00).
  • DECA Inc
    2nd Place DECA International Competition
    DECA Inc
    Jan 2015
    Overall second place in the "Entrepreneurship - Growing Your Business" event at DECA's International Career Development Conference (ICDC).
  • M
    4-time AIME Qualifier
    Mathematical Association of America
    Jan 2015
    Qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) by scoring in the top 2.5% on the AMC 12 and top 5% on the AMC 10. Years awarded: 2012 - 2015
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    Sentiment Predictability for Stocks
    Jan 2018
    In this work, we present our findings and experiments for stock-market prediction using various textual sentiment analysis tools, such as mood analysis and event extraction, as well as prediction models, such as LSTMs and specific convolutional architectures.
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