From Founding NYSE: LAIX to Becoming an AI Investor | A Conversation with Oasis Capital Director Ben on English Learning, EdTech Products, and Career Planning in the AI Era

From Founding NYSE: LAIX to Becoming an AI Investor | A Conversation with Oasis Capital Director Ben on English Learning, EdTech Products, and Career Planning in the AI Era

July 21, 2024

Ben is a managing director at Oasis Capital overseeing AI investments. Oasis Capital has invested in more than ten AI companies, including MiniMax, Infinigence AI, and Tiamat. Ben previously co-founded NYSE: LAIX, which taught people to speak English and successfully listed in the United States — making him, without question, the "most formidable English teacher" among my friends.

So we invited Ben to hear from someone who went from "most formidable English teacher" to joining "the most aggressive AI investment fund" — his thoughts on how we should invest in the AI era, how we should think, how we should learn English, how we should teach our children English, and more importantly, how we should plan our career directions for the future amid this generative AI technology wave.

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🎬 Timeline:

Part 1: Career Stories

01:47 Without AI, there would have been no NYSE: LAIX

12:40 Advanced teams use AI first — how does Oasis Capital's internal team use AI?

Part 2: Investing at "the most aggressive AI fund"

04:13 The feel of investing in AI at Oasis Capital

32:59 "I'm an optimistic radical — AGI will definitely be achieved"

33:38 Why choose to invest in AI?

36:20 The Waterloo moment for generative AI

37:58 What happens when large model usage costs drop to zero?

40:36 Could San Francisco be the next Detroit?

Part 3: Education in the AI Era

15:54 How should adults learn English in the AI era?

21:58 The impact and opportunities AI brings to education

25:57 Outstanding overseas AI education products:

  • Chegg 26:13
  • Khan Academy 26:54
  • Speak — an education company backed by OpenAI 28:14

29:32 How should we educate children in the AI era?

  • 30:17 Aesthetic ability, decision-making ability
  • 31:05 The educational priority of "brain, heart, hands" has changed
  • 31:57 Cultivating interest in learning is always the most important —

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