Building & Investing in Fintech in the AI Wave: Fireside Chat with Jefferson Chen (GSB '10, Partner of Informed Ventures)

​At Silicon Valley, we talk a lot about the collision of investing, entrepreneurship, and AI.

​Jefferson Chen (GSB '10) has spent more than 15 years living at that intersection.

​He co-founded Advance Intelligence Group, one of Asia's largest applied AI platforms, spanning consumer finance (Atome) and enterprise AI (ADVANCE.AI). As a founding partner, he leads fintech and AI investments at Informed Ventures. And he shapes national digital strategy as a board member of Singapore's IMDA. Before all of that: investment banker at Goldman Sachs and investor at Farallon Capital.

​Join us for a fireside chat on how AI is reshaping fintech and more, and what that means for founders, investors, and students thinking about their next move.

​What we'll cover:

​🧠 The "triple identity" of investor, operator, and policymaker — and how each lens changes the others

​🏰 Where real moats are forming in vertical AI

​🌏 The US/China/SEA AI landscape

​🎓 Advice for students navigating a genuine technology inflection point

​After the fireside, stick around for 30 minutes of networking with Jefferson and VC partners from Informed Ventures.

​Time and location:

​📅 Saturday, May 30, 2026

​🕑 2:00 – 3:30 PM

​📍 EVGR B141, Stanford

​🧋 Bubble tea, fruit platter, cookies, and pastries provided!

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​Come with curiosity, and enjoy a wonderful afternoon with us. 🌤️