Cai Chen

I'm Cai, investor at Hat-Trick Capital and former AIML strategy lead at Apple. I work on early stage investing in vertical agentic SaaS and prosumer tools, and I run research workshops and an incubator that connects founders with experts from DeepMind, Anthropic, and other labs.

Previously I worked on AIML strategy for Apple Media Products, led strategy and operations projects at Uber, and held analyst roles at Credit Suisse and Atlas Capital. I serve on the board of Future Builders and have active angel investments in Fleak, BeFreed, and Scalar Field.

And my hot take is. Not shipping real products are the reason most AI startups die.