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Henry Shi

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States14 yrs experience
Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Co-founder of a billion-dollar startup.
  • Angel investor in multiple AI startups.
  • Expertise in machine learning and data analytics.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and AI-focused entrepreneur with strong software engineering and investment expertise.

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Skills

Core Skills

Startup LeadershipBusiness DevelopmentInvestment StrategyStartup MentorshipSoftware EngineeringProduct ManagementTechnical LeadershipProduct DevelopmentMachine Learning EngineeringData ScienceResearch And DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentClient Management

Other Skills

AIAPI DevelopmentAngel InvestingBackend ArchitectureComputational ModelingData AnalysisData AnalyticsEcommerceFintechMachine LearningMobile DevelopmentModelingMusic StreamingPredictive AnalyticsScalable Infrastructure

About

Interested in meeting bright, ambitious and highly motivated individuals who have a proven track record of getting things done. Currently writing about AI and helping founders build and scale businesses through angel investing and select high-impact advisory. Paying it forward and giving back, one interaction at a time. Featuring AI Native founders on LeanAILeaderboard.com Writing at: https://henrythe9th.substack.com/ Book a 1:1 with me: https://intro.co/henrythe9th Based in SF: https://henryinsanfrancisco.statuspage.io/

Experience

Forbes

Contributor

Jan 2019Jan 2020 · 1 yr

Various startups

Investor

Jul 2018Present · 7 yrs 8 mos

  • Angel and seed investor in various AI and technology startups. Select Angel investments:
  • Ollama
  • Fal.ai
  • LlamaIndex
  • Higgsfield AI
  • Superblocks
Angel InvestingTechnology StartupsAIInvestment StrategyStartup Mentorship

Super.com

Co-Founder, Board Member & Hype Man

Apr 2016Present · 9 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco, California, United States · Remote

  • Super.com is the all-in-one app to save, earn and put more money in your pocket. Our mission is to help people experience more of what life has to offer, regardless of their income or circumstance.
  • Come join one of the fastest growing startups in North America. Some key metrics:
  • $1B in sales/year
  • $200MM+ in revenue/year
  • profitable
  • 50MM+ users
  • $150MM+ USD in funding, including 2x NBA MVP Steph Curry
  • We are working on complex problems within Ecommerce, Fintech, Data Analytics and Scalable Infrastructure and have been featured on the New York Times, Forbes, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Fast Company, etc
EcommerceFintechData AnalyticsScalable InfrastructureStartup LeadershipBusiness Development

Google

Software Engineer

Aug 2014Oct 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Defined and built the next generation of brand new music streaming products and experiences for YouTube Music
  • Built and launched Music Insights for Artists (www.youtube.com/artists)
Software DevelopmentMusic StreamingProduct DevelopmentSoftware EngineeringProduct Management

Lendup

Machine Learning/Modeling Engineer

May 2013Aug 2013 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Wrote brand new machine learning underwriting model using novel datasources to improve classification performance for loan applicants with poor and/or no credit history
  • Worked with former CTO of Zynga to distribute and scale modeling infrastructure, decreasing processing time by half
  • Wrote draft patent application for new method of classifying underbanked loans applicants
Machine LearningData AnalysisModelingMachine Learning EngineeringData Science

Umentioned

Co-Founder, CTO

Mar 2013May 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Co-founder of mobile, local, social discovery network serving 2+ Million pageviews/day
  • Architected, developed and scaled backend data store, serverside code and API serving up to 4500+ request/minute
Mobile DevelopmentBackend ArchitectureAPI DevelopmentTechnical LeadershipProduct Development

University of waterloo

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Sep 2012Jan 2013 · 4 mos · Waterloo

  • Lead independent project on Computational Modeling of Time Dependent Series
  • Investigated and modelled human biases in time series data of US college football statistics
  • Developed machine learning to model data, identify and predict overrated and underrated college football teams
Computational ModelingMachine LearningResearch and DevelopmentData Science

Bloomberg

Software Developer

Jan 2012May 2012 · 4 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Worked on Startup within Bloomberg that provided professional solutions in scouting and predictive analytics for MLB Teams Lead developer on project with a MLB team.
  • Managed client calls, analyzed business requirements, designed and implemented statistical forecasting solutions
  • Team's performance improved from lowest ranked team to top three in the AL Division Series within a year
Statistical AnalysisPredictive AnalyticsSoftware DevelopmentClient Management

Scotia capital

Associate Programmer Analyst

May 2011Aug 2011 · 3 mos

  • Created code for internally developed derivatives (credit, interest swaps) trading engine (K2) using Java, JBuilder Eclipse, ClearCase and ClearQuest
  • Developed SQL, Unix Scripts code that retrieved daily derivative trading information and compile reports for K2 Web Report generation
  • Gained working knowledge of exotic financial products, derivatives and swaps, pricing models
  • Worked effectively with team of business analysts and developers to meet the stringent requirements of traders and business clients

Next canada

Entrepreneur

Jan 2011Jan 2012 · 1 yr

  • Youngest person to be admitted to the Next36 entrepreneurship program. First attempt at a software startup. Made a lot of mistakes. Learned a ton. Made friends and mentors forever.

Education

University of Waterloo

BCS — Honours Bachelor of Computer Science and Honors Economics

Georgia Institute of Technology

Master's of Science

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Dropped Out

Jan 2025Present

John Fraser Secondary School

OSSD

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