Chris Pan
潘宇扬
Chris Pan (潘宇扬) is the founder and CEO of OdyssLife, an AI hardware startup making an AI necklace that records what the user eats . He left a big-tech job to launch the company in summer 2024, branding it around the Odyssey myth . Before founding OdyssLife, he worked at Huawei on the Xiaoyi algorithm and HarmonyOS products, then at ByteDance as one of the earliest product managers for Coze and on Doubao smart glasses . The company raised nearly 200 million yuan in new funding as of early 2026, with Linear Capital continuing to back it .
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After Raising 200 Million Yuan, AI Hardware Entrepreneur Chris Pan Embarks on His Own Odyssey | Linear Voice
After every temptation, still knowing why you set out in the first place.
Invest in ByteDance alumni. Invest in people who've been broken and rebuilt. Invest in people with outsized ambition and minimal ego.
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"OdyssLife" Closes Nearly 200 Million Yuan in New Funding, Linear Capital Continues to Double Down | Linear Portfolio
The world's first smart wearable hardware product for dietary monitoring.
Linear Voice: 2025 in the Linear Capital Network
Those real and important moments.
Your Next Wearable: A Health Companion Hanging Around Your Neck? | A Conversation with Chris Pan, Founder of AI Necklace Odyss, and Yihao Li, Partner at CreekStone
Working hard to write its own history through a "heroic narrative."
Starting with *2001: A Space Odyssey*, This '97-Born AI Founder Doesn't Want to Be Humanity's "Rebel" | Linear Voice
The Birth of a Human Native Product
Linear Capital π Review: AI Hardware Entrepreneurship — Don't Rush to Build the Next iPhone | Linear Event
The core of AI hardware entrepreneurship ultimately still comes down to people.
Your Next Wearable: A Health Companion Hanging Around Your Neck? | A Conversation with Chris Pan, Founder of AI Necklace Odyss, and Li Yihao, Partner at CreekStone
