Jie Yang
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Jie Yang is the founding partner of Jinqiu Fund (锦秋基金), an AI-native venture fund she built from scratch after leaving ByteDance . In a late-2025 conversation with 十字路口Crossing, she described the process of raising capital, assembling the team, and competing against established players like Hillhouse and Sequoia for early-stage AI deals . Her fund moved fast: it backed roughly 50 AI companies in its first year, including a pre-IPO position in Unitree . The 葬AI podcast profiled her in December 2025 as part of a series on founders leaving big tech to go all-in on AI .
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Investing in 50 AI Companies in One Year; What Was I Thinking When None of Us Knew the Answers? | A Conversation with Jie Yang, Founding Partner of Jinqiu Fund
Leaving ByteDance to Go All-In on AI: Why Jinqiu Fund Isn't Called "Jie Yang's Jump" | AI Deadlock
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