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Austin
Chen

CEO & Co-Founder

Austin is a second time founder with an exit to Apple. He previous built Asaii, an artist discovery platform (signing Alina Baraz, Khalid, Alice Merton) that Apple acquired to kickstart their in-house record label & Apple Music for Artists. Most recently, he was a product director at TikTok looking after creator monetization bringing products like TikTok Shop, Taylor's Eras Tour, & Super Fans to market driving hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.

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Nishi
Kaza

CTO & Co-Founder

Nishi has built and scaled AI-driven products in adtech, content intelligence, and music, including Apple Music’s DJ Mixes program and foundation models at Scale AI. With a dual degree in EECS and Business from UC Berkeley, he brings a track record of shipping high-impact products that have touched millions of people.