Yang Tianzhen Ventures into VC: Collaborates with Kimi's Investment Promoter Jiang Shanshan to Compete for AI Projects through Content

Beating AI News: Yang Tianzhen, founder of Yixin Entertainment, has teamed up with Jiang Shanshan, former head of cutting-edge technology investments at Alibaba, to establish a venture capital firm named Helios Venture. The firm will focus on cutting-edge technologies such as AI, embodied intelligence, nuclear fusion, and brain-computer interfaces.

The roles of the two are clearly defined: Jiang Shanshan is responsible for investments, while Yang Tianzhen handles investor relations, content, and brand building.

Jiang Shanshan previously served as the managing director of Alibaba's Strategic Investment Department. Over the past three years, she has led investments in more than ten cutting-edge technology projects at Alibaba, with a total investment exceeding 10 billion RMB, including projects like Kimi, the robotics company Sharpa, and the nuclear fusion company Nova Fusion. In August of this year, she left Alibaba to prepare for her own fund.

Their collaboration originated from a consultation. Jiang Shanshan approached Yang Tianzhen to learn how to build influence for her new fund. Yang Tianzhen proactively suggested starting a business together.

Jiang Shanshan believes that after leaving a large platform like Alibaba, the new fund must establish its own brand to compete with leading institutions for quality startup projects. Yang Tianzhen will leverage her experience in artist management and content marketing to help the fund connect with entrepreneurs and provide support for brand communication and founder image management for the invested companies. The two also plan to co-produce a technology podcast aimed at the general public.

This approach has precedents. The Silicon Valley venture capital firm a16z has a dedicated new media team that helps portfolio companies attract customers, talent, and investors through videos, podcasts, and proprietary communication channels.

Jiang Shanshan summarizes the logic of their collaboration as follows: investment capability is the 1, and content is the 0 that amplifies the value of the former.

In terms of investment strategy, Jiang Shanshan prefers a "selective heavy investment" approach. She revealed that she has previously reviewed over a hundred AI application companies but did not make any investments. She believes that consumer-facing AI productivity tools and entertainment applications will likely be dominated by large companies or model companies in the future; however, there may be more independent entrepreneurial opportunities in complex fields like enterprise-level AI agent infrastructure.

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