Summit Speakers

Yifan Zhang is a 2x CEO & exited founder, and now invests in early stage AI as Managing Director at AI House, born from the Allen Institute for AI (AI2). Her company Loftium, a Norwest and DFJ-backed housing affordability startup, was acquired by Flyhomes after raising $130M in venture capital and asset-backed debt. She was Forbes “30 under 30” as the CEO of top 5 fitness app GymPact, downloaded by 3M+ users. Yifan graduated from Harvard, served as CEO in Residence with Techstars, and has worked with Seattle Mayors Bruce Harrell and Jenny Durkan on affordable housing, downtown reactivation and, most recently, the launch of AI House.