Ryan Chou

What shapes a venture capitalist long before they ever write a check? In this ATC interview, we sat down with Sophia Zhao, Partner at Alumni Ventures, to trace the throughline from her childhood in Chengdu and Vancouver to her work backing founders across AI, Web3, and women-led ventures.

Albert Ng is the co-founder and CEO of Misapplied Sciences, and the primary inventor of the technology behind Parallel RealityTM displays. His work has been featured on the global stage, from viral social media posts to the opening keynote address of CES. At Microsoft Research, Albert was a pioneer in low-latency touchscreens that provide users with an instantaneous response when interacting with their devices. At Stanford, Albert built high-performance computers and interfaces that advanced th