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Wayne Chang

Investor

Investor at Chang Corporation

New York, New York, United States

Writes $25K – $50K checks

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About

A lifelong coder and former hacker who was involved in early peer-to-peer file-sharing, co-founded i2hub, helped start Dropbox, and co-founded Crashlytics (acquired by Twitter, then Google), Digits, Patented.ai, and Reasoner. Holds over 20 patents and received an honorary PhD from UMass Amherst.

Experience

  1. ReasonerFounder & Chief Reasonercurrent2023 — present
  2. Chang CorporationHacker & Investorcurrent2010 — present
  3. DigitsCo-Founder & Board member2022 — 2024
  4. DigitsCo-Founder & Co-CEO2018 — 2022
  5. Fabric (Twitter)Co-Founder2014 — 2017
  6. TwitterDirector of Product Strategy, Consumer2015 — 2017
  7. TwitterGlobal Head of Developer Experience2014 — 2015
  8. TwitterGeneral Manager, Crashlytics2013 — 2014Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  9. CrashlyticsCo-Founder & Chairman2011 — 2017Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  10. i2hubFounder2003 — 2005
  11. Wayne ChangHacker (Personal projects)1996 — 2002
  12. NapsterHead of Community1999 — 2000
  13. Scene Review News NetworkFounder & CEO1998 — 2000

Skills & more

PredictionStrategy4Creative Strategy33Leadership80Public Speaking28Angel Investing5Venture Capital5Venture Philanthropy2Family Offices2Limited Partnerships2Patent Litigation2Named Entity Recognition (NER)1
+12 moreSemantic AnalysisPython (Programming Language)Evolutionary AlgorithmsMachine Learning AlgorithmsGraph TheoryCompression AlgorithmsPerformance TuningLarge-scale Data AnalysisCybersecurityFundraisingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Branding & Identity

Languages Chinese · English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Wayne Chang?
A lifelong coder and former hacker who was involved in early peer-to-peer file-sharing, co-founded i2hub, helped start Dropbox, and co-founded Crashlytics (acquired by Twitter, then Google), Digits, Patented.ai, and Reasoner. Holds over 20 patents and received an honorary PhD from UMass Amherst.
Where does Wayne Chang work?
Wayne Chang is at Chang Corporation.
What check size does Wayne Chang write?
Wayne Chang typically writes checks of $25K – $50K.
What companies has Wayne Chang invested in?
Investments tracked here include aSim, Atrium, BBy, Charityvest, Heimdal, Hypercontext, Inversion Space, Level, Phykos, Qvin, Swif.ai, Traverse Technologies, and 2 more.
Where did Wayne Chang go to school?
Wayne Chang studied at University of Massachusetts Amherst (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Business); Haverhill High School (High School).

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