# Lilian Weng

> Lilian Weng is a seed investor at Fellows Fund backing Information Technology. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fellows Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fellows-fund)
- Location: Sunnyvale, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilianweng
- Website: https://x.com/lilianweng

Lilian Weng is a seed investor at Fellows Fund in Sunnyvale focused on Information Technology and Internet. Lilian Weng currently works as a Distinguished Fellow for the Fellows Fund. She previously worked at OpenAI as a VP of Research, Safety. Lilian Weng attended Indiana University Bloomington.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 67% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dex | Dex offers purpose-built devices, software and content to help young children reach their full potentials. | $4.8M | Seed | Aug 20, 2025 |  |
| Simular | We provide a hands-free experience for using personal devices. | $5M | Seed | Jun 25, 2024 |  |
| Brightwave | Brightwave is a deep technology firm formed by engineers with over 20 years of experience in machine learning and artificial intelligence. | $6M | Seed | Jun 11, 2024 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Basis Set Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basis-set-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Clay VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clay-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Decibel Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/decibel-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Embedding VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/embedding-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flying Fish Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flying-fish-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Moonfire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moonfire-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Fellows Fund

VC Fund · Sunnyvale, United States

Fellows Fund brings together AI pioneers and offers early-stage AI founders the capital, strategic advice, and critical connections. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

2 contacts available at Fellows Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lilian Weng | Distinguished Fellow | — |
| Alex Ren | Founding Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-ren |

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## FAQ

### What does Lilian Weng invest in?

Lilian Weng invests primarily in Information Technology, Internet and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Lilian Weng?

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### When did Lilian Weng last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lilian Weng closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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