Annie Liao 🇦🇺

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States10 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Forbes 30 under 30 for community building
Fastest accelerated promotion at Westpac
AI-focused investor with board observer roles

Stackforce AI infers this person is a multifaceted leader in AI-driven EdTech and investment sectors.

Contact

annie@buildclub.com.au LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipAiOperationsSales StrategyInvestment StrategyBoard GovernanceSector SpecializationStrategy ConsultingCommunity DevelopmentData ScienceStrategy DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentCollaboration

Other Skills

AI toolsAI/MLAdministrative AssistanceAnalyticsBankingBig DataBizOpsBoard observationClimate & SustainabilityCommunicationCommunity buildingCross-functional collaborationCustomer ServiceData AnalyticsData Modeling

About

Hi, I'm Annie! I love learning and working with good people. I'm the founder of Build Club, we are democratizing access to AI because we think it's incredibly exciting 🌏. Some cool things about me: - Forbes 30 under at age 23 for community building - chief of staff at a series A startup building AI agents - strategy consultant at BCG in Australia, Singapore and Philippines - learnt to code on the job and fastest accelerated promote (x2) at Westpac - AI focused investor in early-stage Venture Capital (2x board observer roles) - top 1% ATAR *** Find me: ✍️M: https://medium.com/@liao.annie.2000 🐤X: https://twitter.com/AnnieLiao_2000 💃Events: https://lu.ma/buildercommunityanz?k=c 🎨Art: https://annieliaoart.me/

Experience

The builders club

Founder

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos

Democratizing access to AI:
E-learning platform to upskill business teams with AI tools
Helping builders learn and monetize (launching soon)
Featured in: Forbes, SMH, the Australian, Startup Daily, Smart Company

AI toolsE-learningEntrepreneurshipAI

Relevance ai

Chief of Staff

Feb 2024 – Oct 2024 · 8 mos · On-site

GTM, Sales strategy, BizOps and HR

GTMSales strategyBizOpsHROperationsSales Strategy

Haast

Board Observer and Investor

Oct 2023 – Feb 2024 · 4 mos

Pre-seed investor (lead) and board observer
Haast is on the mission to help organisations find and resolve brand or regulatory compliance issues in their live digital presence

InvestmentBoard observationInvestment StrategyBoard Governance

Sahha

Board Observer and Investor

Oct 2023 – Feb 2024 · 4 mos

Seed investor (lead) and board observer
Sahha is on the mission to personalize the delivery of digital healthcare innovations and solutions to customers through unlocking the potential of behavioural health data (API bridging neuroscience and UX)

InvestmentBoard observationInvestment StrategyBoard Governance

Aura ventures

Investment Associate

Mar 2023 – Feb 2024 · 11 mos

Please email me at annie.liao@aura.co to make sure I don't miss your message.
Investor, specialized in AI/ML, dev tools, Healthtech, Insurtech.
💎Track record of investments led and closed:
Sahha AI: Healthtech API, $1.85m seed round (board observer)
Haast: Regtech AI platform, $1.2m pre-seed round (board observer)
Harvest B: [NDA] seed II round

InvestmentAI/MLHealthtechInsurtechInvestment StrategySector Specialization

Archangel ventures

Contract Consultant

Dec 2022 – Mar 2023 · 3 mos

Platform and community strategy / build and a few other projects

Platform strategyCommunity buildingStrategy ConsultingCommunity Development

Boston consulting group (bcg)

Associate

Jan 2022 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Sydney, Singapore, Philippines

Strategy consulting in Healthcare, Climate & Sustainability, Banking, Energy and E-commerce across topics such as new venture build, personalization / artificial intelligence, due diligence, growth strategy, GTM, decarbonization, and org restructure

Strategy consultingHealthcareClimate & SustainabilityBankingEnergyE-commerce+2