Yan Wu

I’m a data scientist, entrepreneur, and investor and advisor to early stage startups and I've spent my entire career at the intersection of finance, technology, and artificial intelligence. Co Founder and COO of Bond, the embedded finance platform that helps consumer and enterprise customers 10X. We love partnering with companies and helping them scale, particularly consumer brands, enterprise SaaS, fintechs, crypto projects, market places, and gig economies. Previously, I was VP of Data at SoFi , where I built the Data Science and Analytics functions from 6 to 60 people and covering a wide variety of domain expertise including marketing, underwriting, product, pricing and operations. Prior to SoFi, I spent 15 years in the hedge fund industry, most notably as Head of Analytics and Portfolio Construction at BlackRock, which manages over $11 trillion of global wealth. My team was responsible for managing the $600 billion quant fund, along with pioneering Aladdin, the risk management platform that runs over $20 trillion in assets. I also advise and invest in early stage companies, and am interested in fintech, crypto, artificial intelligence, and SouthEast Asia and India. Sorry, it’s a bit random :) My podcast on the future of embedded finance is now an #NFT and can be viewed here: https://opensea.io/assets/matic/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963/79722403261024648717024362409039446408949298871346313323622602755608284233729/