Annie Liao

Annie Liao

founder @ build club and Solaris AI, community builder and artist

Hi, I'm Annie! ♥

I love learning and working with good people.

I work on Build Club and Solaris, to enable everyone to unlock their potential with AI and enable humanity to better prosper in a post AI era.

I think a lot about what gives people a sense of purpose as the world changes. This belief shapes what I work on, and who I choose to build with.

I live in San Francisco now. I was born in New Zealand and grew up in Australia. My family immigrated, and I grew up in the kind of household where both my siblings became doctors and dentists - so yes, you can assume there’s some trauma in the mix.

Outside of work (in the small time box I have), I love kpop dancing, hosting dinners, and spending time with people I’m close to. I also dabble in watercolour art and bake chocolate chip cookies for fun! :)

If you want to chat about life, chocolate chip cookies or AI my DMs are always open.

Previously

  • Forbes 30u30 2024 at age 23 (community building)
  • Chief of staff at Relevance AI, series B startup, enterprise AI agents
  • Seed stage VC investor, 2x board seat roles (Haast and Sahha)
  • Strategy consultant at BCG, across Australia, Singapore, and the Philippines
  • Top 1% ATAR (academic score - top 3 in school)
  • Former professional artist (opened art gallery at 15; design competitions)

A Few Things I Believe

Live by: Kindness compounds.

We all enter and leave life alone so how you make people feel on the way through matters a lot.

Meet people with: Curious warmth and authentic weirdness.

Curiosity is magnetism to me. “Pragmatic strangeness” is the rare mix that makes people feel seen.

Strive for: Productize your usefulness

Find your specific superpower you are obsessed over and find the fastest way to leverage it for your life's work

If you're here because you found my Twitter - welcome.
If you're here by accident - that's usually how things start.

Find me:

✍️Medium
💃Events
🎨Art