Evan
@EvanLyseng
Incubating + Investing in Applied AI
The institutionalization of finance and tracked career paths has made less interesting, ambitious, and creative cohorts of investors.
And they probably dropped out to follow the Grateful Dead and backpack South America for a year… we’ve become so boring!
Andrew Ng + OpenAI + a16z partners leaving and starting AI services / advisory firms... huh, lesson there probably.
On a Wong-Kar Wai bender this weekend. Chungking Express Friday, Fallen Angels last night, In the Mood for Love tonight. Beautifully shot, neon soaked 90s HK. Makes you nostalgic for a place you haven't been.



If you’re not working with people you could see yourself working your entire career with, you’re in the wrong place.
If you’re not the CEO, founder, or getting obscenely rich — there is no reason to be at a startup for more than 2 years Your time is the most valuable asset.
You need to go more remote. Two of the best meals I’ve had in Canada took a flight + boat to get to… the rest were in Montreal


Why We Want Robots at Work but Humans in Art docs.google.com/document/d/1-3…
“My propositions serve as elucidations in the following way: anyone who understands me eventually recognizes them as nonsensical, when he has used them—as steps—to climb beyond them. (He must, so to speak, throw away the ladder after he has climbed up it.)”
We're hiring a founding engineer to help us revolutionize critical equipment reliability for sectors that make up over 25% of US GDP (manufacturing, energy, mining, oil & gas). If you or someone you know wants to build a platform to help drive unprecedented efficiency for…