LA Founders & Investors: YC Edition
Join AI LA for a special Founders & Investors Mixer featuring four Y-Combinator founders!
Ready to level up your startup journey or discover the next big investment opportunity? This intimate mixer is designed to connect LA’s brightest entrepreneurs with forward-thinking investors, all in a relaxed, engaging setting.
Speakers:
David Lin – Founder & CEO of Polygraph
Emmie Chang – Founder & CEO of Yuzu Labs
Shilpi Nayak – Co-Founder & CTO of GoodFin
Moderated by: Anna Joo Fee – Founder & CEO of GoodFin
Event Highlights:
• Meaningful Connections: Network with founders, angels, and VCs seeking to collaborate on the next wave of innovative ventures.
• Panel Discussion: Gain insider knowledge from seasoned entrepreneurs on navigating funding rounds, building traction, and scaling successfully.
• Community Building: Expand your circle among a curated group of thought leaders shaping the future of business, tech, and beyond.
Agenda:
• 6:00pm–7:00pm – Welcome & Networking
• 7:00pm–7:45pm – Panel Discussion
• 7:45pm–9:00pm – Mixer Continues | Drinks, Bites & Deeper Conversations
Whether you’re raising your first round or scouting the city’s most promising startups, this mixer is your gateway to LA’s thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem. Don’t miss out—secure your spot and get ready for an evening of insights, collaboration, and potential breakthroughs.
Meet the Speakers
Emmie Chang: Emmie Chang is the founder and CEO of Yuzu Labs, an AI company making it simple to create professional videos by typing in a script. She started her career in education technology, running coding summer camps and developing software that helped over 10,000 low-income students improve their math skills. As a Y Combinator alum, she previously scaled products to over 1 million users, demonstrating her ability to build and grow impactful technology solutions. At Yuzu Labs, she's making it easy for anyone to share their message with the world through engaging video content, transforming what once took weeks into a matter of minutes
David Lin: David Lin founded Duffl as a sophomore in college — an ultra fast delivery service for college students. They raised $14M from investors like YC and the founders of Google Adsense, Rent the Runway & Thrive Market. David is currently working on a new startup called Polygraph: An AI lie detector for X — think perplexity for social media.
Shilpi Nayak: Shilpi is an engineering leader and angel investor. A UCLA alumna and former Google engineer, she co-founded a legal tech startup before joining GoodFin. With a deep expertise in AI and technology innovation, Shilpi will share how GoodFin leverages cutting-edge technology to transform the private market investment landscape. She’s passionate about making investment processes more accessible, efficient, and data-driven.
This event is sponsored by GoodFin.
About GoodFin
GoodFin is reimagining how a new generation builds its wealth. We offer our customers access to the hottest investment opportunities in private markets, including YC startups and big pre-IPO names. Our mission is to build an AI wealth manager that will productize complex financial services performed by teams of humans at legacy financial firms.
GoodFin is an LA-based early stage startup backed by Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, Phoenix Fund, Perpetua Investment Group and angel investors from leading companies across tech and finance.
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