Summary
Alex Lu is an investor, advisor, and seasoned technology leader with 18+ years building large-scale search, advertising, and financial systems across Google, Baidu, JLL, and fintech startup Kavout. He blends deep technical expertise in distributed systems, NLP, machine learning, and vector search with product and engineering leadership—having led teams of hundreds and launched AI-driven investment and PropTech products like InvestGPT and ValtaHomes. Alex is skilled at turning complex data pipelines and RAG-style architectures into practical GenAI workflows that automate labor-intensive operations for real-world businesses. His background spans high-frequency trading infrastructure to ad exchanges and search spam detection, and he pairs that with an MBA from Columbia to bridge technology and go-to-market strategy. A curious thinker with a terse GitHub bio—“Cold and broken hallelujah”—he quietly scouts frontier GenAI plays across e-comm, legal, fintech, and real estate.
8 years of coding experience