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Ella Zhang

Head at YZi Labs

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Ella was the founding director of Binance Labs and has now re-directed YZi Labs after leaving for many years. She also served as the director of KPCB China Investment Team. She is a graduate of Stanford Business School and has co-founded two artificial intelligence startups, focusing on supply chain and customer service respectively.

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