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[ Founder · Artist · Builder ]
Ryan Chi.
Born to build. Wired to create.
I'm building insiders.bot now. It's the best platform to trade prediction markets.
Please support me and try it out!
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Born to build. Wired to create.
I'm building insiders.bot now. It's the best platform to trade prediction markets.
Please support me and try it out!
GM. I'm Ryan Chi, 22. Founder, artist, marketer, content creator, vibe coder. I started studying AI algorithms at 14, got into Web3 at 15, shifted to online marketing at 16, and started cofounding crypto projects at 19.
Right now I cofounded insiders.bot — a prediction markets aggregator for trading and copytrading — with Daksh Joshi.
Studying Global Business & Computer Science at CUHK (deferred). Exchange at UPenn Wharton. Former president of 0xU Club, the largest blockchain club in Hong Kong. Member of FranklinDAO.
Born.
Completed primary school with talent in Math and Art. Decided I would be a founder one day.
Entered YCIS. Knew we'd be on different paths. Started learning art & AI. Did paperlifting to save for an iPad. Posted artworks on ArtStation & Pixiv.
Completed MIT's AI course at 14. Created content on Bilibili — 1M+ exposure in 6 months. Won art scholarship totaling HK$600K (~US$90K) across 5 years.
Got into Web3, started trading. Learned Bitcoin & Ethereum through the whitepapers. Cofounded student organizations.
Fintech competition on Web3. Talent recognized — invited to cofound a Web3 marketing agency. Elected Head Boy at school.
First earnings from marketing & writing whitepapers. Some projects reached billions in FDV. Research internship at CityU studying GAN algorithms & AIGC commercialization.
Lost all savings after Luna Crash & FTX collapse. Day 1 user of ChatGPT. Held art exhibition of 8 oil paintings — still exhibited by school as of 2026.
Joined 0xU. Met Daksh Joshi. Cofounded Academic Labs — raised $3.2M from HTX Ventures, DWF Labs, UOB Ventures & Signum Capital. Turned down Imperial & Edinburgh to stay in HK and build.
Elected co-president of 0xU. Academic Labs TGE on Gate — $350M peak FDV, 7x from initial price. Joined Showtime Watch with $400K in sales. Featured in Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
Left Academic Labs. Cofounded Sigmaboy.ai — 100 beta users. Grew 0xU to 6000 followers. Joined City Protocol with Jerome Wong (ex-EVG Ventures), $500K revenue in month 1. Got into Wharton exchange. Cofounded insiders.bot — went viral on X.
Deferred CUHK. Going all-in on insiders.bot. $1.3M transaction volume in 1 month of public Beta — zero marketing spend.
Learned digital art & oil painting. Posted on ArtStation & Pixiv. Held an exhibition of 8 oil paintings at school — still displayed as of 2026. Won HK$600K art scholarship.
Created content on Bilibili — 1M+ exposure in 6 months. Built audience through educational Web3 content.
Completed MIT's AI course at 14. Research internship at CityU studying GAN algorithms & AIGC commercialization.
Elected Head Boy at YCIS. Led student body while secretly building a Web3 marketing agency on the side.
Elected co-president of 0xU Club — grew it to the largest blockchain club in Hong Kong with 6,000+ followers.
Got into UPenn Wharton exchange. Joined FranklinDAO — Penn's blockchain club.
Writing articles on prediction markets, quantitative trading, and Web3 strategy. Published 5 articles on X so far.
Prediction markets aggregator for trading & copytrading. $1.3M volume in 1 month. Zero marketing spend. Went viral on X.
Raised $3.2M. TGE on Gate with $350M peak FDV, 7x from initial price.
AI-powered product. 100 beta users onboarded.
$50M transaction volume in the first month. Shadowed ex-cofounder of EVG Ventures.
Entered Solana China Community. $400K in sales. Supply chain crisis ended the run.