Wanting Zhao

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Co-founder & COO, Onyx AI - community · Rust · open source

Onyx AI
Singapore · SGT (UTC+8)
14+ years experience
National Taiwan University
English, Mandarin
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Overview

Founder of Onyx AI (developer tooling). 21 years of building before that. Took Onyx AI from zero to $4 million ARR. Learning to draw.

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  • Investors who back our stage and sector
  • Working sessions on developer tools
  • Early customers and design partners
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  • Generic networking requests
  • Crypto token projects
  • Unpaid work or spec projects

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Skills
productRustcommunitydeveloper toolsopen source
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Raising a $8M seed for tutoring for shipping lines

Stage
Seed
Raising
$8M
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
$743k from angels
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
$202k MRR after 14 months
Use of funds
Product and compliance

$202k MRR after 14 months. Looking for investors who know wealth management and can help with regulatory approvals.

Singaporeopen sourceproductcommunity

Experience

  1. Co-founder & COO
    Apr 2024 - Present
    Onyx AI · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Took Onyx AI from zero to $5 million ARR.
    • Previously built and sold a small developer tooling company.
  2. Consultant
    Dec 2021 - Jan 2024
    Rakuten · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $38 million.
    • Designed the operating model for a 2 thousand-person transformation.
  3. Engagement Manager
    Sep 2018 - Dec 2021
    Singtel · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Ran commercial diligence on 7 deals.
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $200 million.
  4. Consultant
    Jan 2017 - Sep 2018
    Naver · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Designed the operating model for a 8 thousand-person transformation.
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $91 million.
  5. Engagement Manager
    Dec 2012 - Oct 2016
    Shopee · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $12 million.

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Education

  1. National Taiwan University
    BS, Business Administration
    2000 - 2004

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