About
Alan Ma is a member of The MBA Fund. Before joining, he worked on electric boats at Photon Marine, neuromorphic chips at the Wu-Tsai Neurosciences Institute, and AI AgeTech devices at Reazon Holdings's R&D division. He focuses on solutions combining hardware and software, with interest in AI hardware, sustainability, and consumer.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechConsumerHardware
Experience
- Together AIIncoming Researchcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- AppleXDG @ Platform Architecturecurrent2026 — presentCupertino, California, United States
- Stanford UniversitySystems Researcher @ MAST Labcurrent2026 — present
- The MBA FundCampus Investment Partnercurrent2024 — presentStanford, California, United States
- d-MatrixHW/SW Co-design Researcher2025
- Wu Tsai Neurosciences InstituteNeuromorphic Chip Researcher @ Brains in Silicon2024Stanford, California, United States
- Reazon Holdings, inc.R&D Intern2024Tokyo, Japan
Education
- Stanford UniversityMaster's degree, Electrical Engineering
- Stanford UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, EECS2023 — 2025
- Jesuit High School PortlandStudent2019 — 2023
- Portland State UniversityMathematics2019 — 2023
Skills & more
React.jsNode.jsRESTful WebServicesAutoCADSOLIDWORKSAutodesk Fusion 360R (Programming Language)MATLABJavaC#PythonTeamwork
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Problem SolvingLeadershipCommunicationCritical ThinkingAnalog CircuitsChip ArchitectureProcessorsNetworkingCUDAHigh Performance Computing (HPC)Graphics Processing UnitPerformance TuningFrom Alan's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University1,575
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Also attended Jesuit High School Portland1
Also attended Portland State University12
Dr. Sidney YEEVenture Partner at iGlobe PartnersAbdulrahman A. MaziVice Chairman at Tech Invest ComBen NahirPartner at Elevate CapitalCarl ThongGeneral Partner - Eagle Ventures Asia at Eagle VentureChris CantinoInvestor at Color CapitalJoe McCannInvestor at Asymmetric
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Shared employers
Also worked at Apple229
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesNicolas MetzkeInvestor at DaphniTed KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applications
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Also worked at Stanford University401
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index VenturesJulia AndreInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also worked at The MBA Fund26
Josh JagotaPrincipal at Alpaca VCLayla BehrouzianInvestor at TRANSFORMATION CAPITALLouden RichasonPrincipal at FinTech CollectiveJacob CongerInvestor at HeadlineIynna HalilouGeneral Partner at The MBA FundHansae CatlettGeneral Partner at The MBA Fund
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Also worked at d-Matrix7
Marissa Ramirez de ChanlatteFellow, Robotics & Computer Vision at Prime Movers LabSasha OstojicVenture Partner at Playground GlobalSue XuManaging Partner at Amino CapitalMichael StewartManaging Partner at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Alexander FangManaging Partner at Entrada VenturesWally WangGeneral Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
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Colleagues at The MBA Fund
Adam Mombru
Campus Lead at The MBA Fund
Adrian Schneider
Campus Lead at The MBA Fund
Akshat K. Parikh
Campus Lead at The MBA Fund
Alex Liu
Campus Lead at The MBA Fund
Angela Zhang
Campus Lead at The MBA Fund
Ashen Parikh
Campus Lead at The MBA Fund
Carolyn Zhou
Campus Lead at The MBA Fund
Catherine Li
Campus Lead at The MBA Fund