Lan Xuezhao is the Founder and Managing Partner of Basis Set Ventures (basisset.com). She leads one of the earliest AI-focused venture funds with over half a billion dollars in assets under management, partnering early with exceptionally fast-learning founders. Lan has been an early backer of companies including Quince, Scale AI, Drata, Path Robotics, Workstream, Ergeon, and CuspAI, drawing on prior leadership in corporate development and product at Dropbox and earlier experience at McKinsey. More on her background and portfolio can be found on her LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lanxuezhao.