Jie Yang

Jie Yang is a founding partner of Jinqiu Fund (锦秋基金), a venture capital firm launched in 2024 that focuses on seed-stage AI application startups . She previously worked at ByteDance and has positioned the firm as an active early-stage AI investor, having closed fifteen deals in a five-month stretch through late 2024 . Jinqiu Fund also runs the Soil Seed Plan, targeting seed-stage AI application companies . In late 2025, Yang described using OpenAI and Claude to facilitate strategy discussions during a team retreat, noting the results were "surprisingly good" .