Lu Zhang

Founder & Managing Partner at Fusion Fund | Serial Entrepreneur & Board Member | Young Global Leader with WEF (Davos) | Instructor at Stanford

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 51 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2025
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Dec 2025
Were building Physical AI for the lab to unlock scientific breakthroughs
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Apr 2025
Cellular Intelligence is an AI-native TechBio company building the first universal virtual cell- signaling model to decode and control the complex language of cells. Using our proprietary capsule technology, we generate dynamic cellular data at over 1,000x higher efficiency than existing methods. We train large-scale predictive models on this data to design and optimize regenerative medicine protocols, predict drug responses, and model disease mechanisms. Cellular Intelligence is based in Boston and founded by leading AI entrepreneurs and world-class scientists, engineers, and operators. We are backed by over $62 million from investors like Khosla Ventures and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Follow along as we accelerate breakthroughs across human health.
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2025
Eridu is the pioneer advancing the frontier in AI networking, breaking through the network wall with a solution built from the ground up for scale-out and scale-up networks in AI data centers. Eridu’s network switch delivers the order-of-magnitude advance in performance, radix and throughput needed to maximize utilization, throughput and efficiency in AI clusters and data centers. Founded by a team of accomplished technology and business innovators and backed by leading investors with over $200M in funding to date, Eridu is solving the network bottlenecks throttling AI.
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Oct 2024
Voyage (now part of MongoDB) is a team of leading AI researchers and engineers, dedicated to building embeddings models, customized for domains and companies, for better retrieval accuracy and RAG applications.
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Mar 2024
AI-Enhanced Customer Engagement at Your Fingertips!
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Feb 2024
Pointable enables teams to quickly build accurate and reliable LLM-native products. With Pointables platform, subject-matter experts can easily stand up state-of-the-art retrieval systems and create reliable agents capable of autonomously using tools and calling APIs. This allows your team to quickly ship products like copilots, intelligent knowledge bases, next-generation process automation, and robust customer-facing chat.
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Sep 2023
At Inference.ai, we are revolutionizing the AI landscape as a leading Infrastructure as a Service company. Our mission is rooted in the belief that the intelligence of AI is directly proportional to the computational power it harnesses. With the worlds largest fleet of GPUs, we empower companies to transform their AI ambitions into reality by providing the computational muscle needed for smarter, more efficient AI. Were not just offering infrastructure; were enabling companies to create smarter, more efficient AI solutions. Our value proposition is simple: more GPUs, more intelligence, more groundbreaking AI solutions.
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Jul 2023
Nexusflow Solution enables Generative AI agents that surpass GPT-4 in your workflow and continuously automatically update with security guardrails.
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Jul 2023
Koop’s trust management platform helps navigate the complexities of regulatory compliance, security reviews, and liability insurance in a single place 🚀 Founders and operators have to go through stringent procurement before they can land a deal with enterprise or government customers. Growing compliance standards, never-ending security reviews, and high-limit insurance requirements can derail budgets and timelines even for the most ambitious projects ⚠️ Koop liberates tech companies from the procurement burden by combining compliance, security, and insurance in a single platform! Companies can achieve many compliance certifications (e.g. SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA), do security questionnaires, and purchase required liability insurance (e.g. General Liability, Cyber, Directors & Officers) without leaving the platform 🖥️ Its an easy, affordable, and integrated experience that puts your contractual requirements first 🥇 Koop serves various verticals including Robotics & Autonomous Vehicles, AI, Aerospace, Energy & Climate, Manufacturing, Biotech, and more 📈 Koop has raised venture funding from such renowned investors as AlleyCorp, Ubiquity Ventures, Bee Partners, and Hyundai Motor Group and is backed by global insurance carriers 💵 Dont settle for incomplete and expensive vendors. Start your end-to-end trust management journey with us at koop.ai and secure your next million-dollar contract with ease 🌐 Interested in joining our team? Please check the careers page for the latest positions: koop.ai/careers 👩‍💻
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Jul 2023
Nexusflow Solution enables Generative AI agents that surpass GPT-4 in your workflow and continuously automatically update with security guardrails.
Board Observer
Jun 2023
Scout Spaces mission is to enable our customers to perform complex missions and avoid threats by using on-board sensing, processing, and autonomous decision making. We are building next-generation sensor systems, autonomy software, and data platforms to enable cross-orbit intelligence and dynamic space operations. For more information, visit www.scout.space
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Jun 2023
Nexa AI (nexa.ai) is a Cupertino-based company specializing in on-device AI models and tools. Known for its Octopus-series models, Nexa AI offers powerful yet efficient solutions for edge device deployment, including function-calling, multimodality, and action-planning. With over 40,000 downloads on Huggingface, Nexa AI continues to innovate through its collaborations and drive advancements in on-device AI technology. Nexa AIs mission is to work with the global developer and research community to push the boundaries of on-device AI. The company has created an on-device model hub (nexa.ai) for sharing and collaborating on AI models and an SDK for streamlined AI application development. Nexa also provides enterprise solutions focused on privacy, efficiency, and multimodal AI agents for consumer electronics.
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Jun 2023
In today’s chaotic world, we’re overwhelmed by sensationalism, distractions, and negativity. At Nexa, we’ve had enough! We’re revolutionizing how conscientious individuals stay informed. Nexa is your personal, clutter-free news companion, delivering clear, actionable insights tailored just for you in a world full of noise. Here’s how Nexa is different: 1: Clear and Pure: No sensationalism, no ads, no clutter. Pure, objective news that’s clear and concise. 2: News That Matters to You: Connecting global and local events directly to your life, providing context and relevance. 3: Turn Knowledge Into Action: Offering actionable insights, turning information into practical steps you can take. 4: Effortless Experience: Advanced AI curates audio briefings tailored to your needs. Easy and enjoyable design. 5: Independent and Reflective: Free from big media influences, ensuring integrity and encouraging reflection on global events. 6: Minimalist and Focused: Promoting life off the screen with a simple, clean app design. No algorithms, no addictive scrolling. Imagine waking up to a concise, clear briefing—no distractions, no bias, just pure, essential news. That’s Nexa. More knowledge, less screen-time. Clarity in a world of chaos. Stay informed, stay empowered. ‘Staying informed shouldn’t cost you your peace of mind.’ At Nexa, we’re revolutionizing the news experience. Rejecting the exploitative media landscape, we eliminate middlemen, brands, and unnecessary content to give you control over your information journey. Every interaction promises clarity and insight, fostering personal and professional growth. We provide a seamless, personalized path to pure knowledge, free from interference and distractions.
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Jun 2023
We are building a scalable and efficient AI Application platform.
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Dec 2025
Were building Physical AI for the lab to unlock scientific breakthroughs
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Apr 2025
Cellular Intelligence is an AI-native TechBio company building the first universal virtual cell- signaling model to decode and control the complex language of cells. Using our proprietary capsule technology, we generate dynamic cellular data at over 1,000x higher efficiency than existing methods. We train large-scale predictive models on this data to design and optimize regenerative medicine protocols, predict drug responses, and model disease mechanisms. Cellular Intelligence is based in Boston and founded by leading AI entrepreneurs and world-class scientists, engineers, and operators. We are backed by over $62 million from investors like Khosla Ventures and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Follow along as we accelerate breakthroughs across human health.
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2025
Eridu is the pioneer advancing the frontier in AI networking, breaking through the network wall with a solution built from the ground up for scale-out and scale-up networks in AI data centers. Eridu’s network switch delivers the order-of-magnitude advance in performance, radix and throughput needed to maximize utilization, throughput and efficiency in AI clusters and data centers. Founded by a team of accomplished technology and business innovators and backed by leading investors with over $200M in funding to date, Eridu is solving the network bottlenecks throttling AI.
2024
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Oct 2024
Voyage (now part of MongoDB) is a team of leading AI researchers and engineers, dedicated to building embeddings models, customized for domains and companies, for better retrieval accuracy and RAG applications.
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