Ning Ma

2X immigrant (🇨🇳 China → 🇨🇦 Canada → 🇺🇸 USA).

ex-Head of Data Science at Checkr (#14/4000 private YC startups by valuation).

ex-Head of Data Science at Rocket Fuel (#1 fastest-growing tech company in North America in 2013).

ex-Inaugural Analyst at the flagship hedge fund at BlackRock (#1 largest asset manager in the world).

Investing in a better tomorrow.

Energy

Aalo Atomics modular nuclear fission

General Fusion nuclear fusion on Earth

Zephyr Fusion nuclear fusion in space

Tactical Edge Systems field-deployable hydrogen gen

Chips

Cerebras wafer-scale AI processor

Neurophos photonic chips leveraging metamaterials

PsiQuantum photonic quantum computing

Sygaldry quantum-accelerated AI servers

AI & Robotics

Machina Labs AI + robotics for manufacturing

Gecko Robotics AI + robotics for maintaining critical infra

Kobold Metals AI for mineral exploration and discovery

Hologen AI for molecular and drug discovery

Shield AI build the world's best AI pilot

Anthropic Hi Claude!

Space & Infra

Starcloud data centers in space

Icarus Starlink of the stratosphere

SpaceX make humanity multi-planetary

Others

Conception Bio eliminating the biological clock

Remote global talent mobility infrastructure

Solo inventor for AI patent on Dynamic Website Content Optimization (Patent #: US 12,354,029), predicting the next webpage to serve instead of the next token.

Internationally-awarded landscape photographer with footsteps across 30+ countries on 5 continents, followed by over 300,000 fans worldwide @ningmaphoto. Previous exhibits @ Louvre Museum in Paris, Museum of Flight in Seattle, and Atlanta International Airport. Summiter of the highest peaks of Africa (Kilimanjaro), Europe (Elbrus), South America (Aconcagua).