Raising the Bar: Entrepreneur and Investor Songyee Yoon on Her Journey and Investments
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“Genius Girl” goes from inspiring a Korean TV show character to raising a $100 million AI fund
On the weekend, as most students were stumbling back from the bars, Songyee Yoon was rushing across her South Korean campus. Around dinner time, she would run some programs on her college’s supercomputer and then, as the computer chugged through her program, she’d wait sleepless in her dorm.
“I woke up at like 2 am, 3 am to walk down the campus because I was so curious to see the result,” she said.
Yoon has come a long way since her days as inspiration for a Korean TV show character. Today, she is a successful entrepreneur and investor, having raised a $100 million AI fund.
The fund will invest across sectors, with Yoon particularly excited about the potential for AI to transform the insurance industry. She believes AI can help people understand what their plans cover or even enable insurance companies that specialize in underwriting autonomous robots.
However, Yoon is also worried about the issue of AI’s potential to exacerbate cultural colonialism.
Source: techcrunch.com
