Hi, I'm Wesley. I was born and raised near San Francisco and later moved to Shanghai, where I went to an international high school. My dad has spent his whole life building semiconductor manufacturing equipment, which shaped my passion for science and tech.

In late 2022 (pre-ChatGPT), a colleague and I started fine-tuning open-source AI image models for improved photorealism and identity preservation. That project became Aragon AI. After multiple pivots, we raised from NeoBusiness Insider and seed-strappedThe Information to profitability.

In two years, we became the world's most popular AI headshot company. We grew to 2.5M+ users and a $10M+ annual revenue run rateIndie Hackers with a team of just 10Business Insider. We later expanded into a broader AI image generation and editing platform and sold to the Fortune 500. In mid-2026, I exited the company to pursue my next thing—I sold part of my stake and transitioned out of my role as CEO.

Before starting Aragon, I was a founding engineer of a few venture-backed startups and an engineer at Microsoft. I studied computer science and data science (math/statistics) at the University of Michigan, where I did applied AI research, led their competitive ML teamMichigan CSE, and wrote a paper on paths from AGI to superintelligencePDF in 2017.

More broadly, I value personal health, relationships, and building durable systems. I've finished a full Ironman triathlon and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. I appreciate the simple things: a home-cooked meal, a hard workout, a slow morning.

My paternal grandfather is a nationally known composer and conductor in China, and my maternal grandfather was Wang Xudong, one of China's leading landscape painters. I grew up playing the violin, though I spent most of my time reading, gaming, and playing sports.

I'm an LP in Neo and an investor in OpenAI, Anthropic, and 15+ other startups. I'm a utilitarian and an optimist, sometimes irrationally so, and I prefer positive sum games over zero-sum ones.

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