Brandon Chen Email & Phone Number

I aim to make collaboration and interaction between people closer and more convenient. The development of AI technology is a key variable, and I believe AI will integrate into human social networks through groups in a new way.From a young age, I have always been active in various group chats. In 2022, I realized that group chats are incredibly important and that this field is on the cusp of fundamental changes, even though I couldn't precisely describe that future. Together with Xu, Jianuo, I founded GroupUltra. Our initial goal was to compute the optimal people for a group. During high school, I was awarded a gold medal in the Biology Olympiad, which earned me direct admission to Tsinghua University, one of China's top universities. I worked in a lab under the guidance of Professor Bryan Wei, conducting research on DNA origami and tiles. In my freshman year, I led the iGEM 2019 team. At that time, I believed I would become a scientist and even pursued a minor in the history of science out of personal interest.2020, I encountered COVID-19 and felt the need for a dynamic map to display the pandemic's progression over time and space. I taught myself the necessary skills and created a high-precision dynamic heatmap of the pandemic, which was reported by the media and received 30 million views. This led me to lead a volunteer organization of over 100 people, sharing data with more than 30 research institutions. This experience made me realize that I could gather people through my ideas to accomplish valuable things together.2021, I was introduced to entrepreneurship through an internship at an investment firm. I made the bold decision to leave my internship and drop out of university to fully commit to becoming a founder. This path has not been easy. I spent a lot of time thinking about what truly significant things are and what I want to achieve. I also invested a lot of time in learning about fundraising, team building, product development, marketing, and commercialization. Along the way, I also learned how to handle failure.

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  Tsinghua University

  Biology