# Yao Chung Chu

> Yao Chung Chu is a angel investor backing Software, Machine Learning and Information Technology. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuming-bai-7558142a5/

Yao Chung Chu is a angel investor focused on Software and Machine Learning. Bai Yuming, co-founder of Modelife, has been instrumental in shaping the platform into a revolutionary tool for offering finely-tuned large language models (LLMs) that meet real-world demands. His passion for artificial intelligence and deep expertise in AI and machine learning, honed during his graduate studies at the University of Amsterdam, hasguided Modelife’s technical vision. Bai’s journey includes years of hands-on experience as an AI developer and consultant, where he tackled large-scale data analysis, natural language processing, and machine learning challenges.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Modelife AI LLC | Modelife is a platform designed for serverless hosting and fine-tuning of large language models (LLMs). It allows developers to deploy custom LLMs with high performance, ensuring no cold start times and offering cost-effective per-token pricing. Modelife supports task-specific models that deliver fast and accurate results, rivaling top-tier modelslike GPT-4 but at a lower cost. The platform enables easy fine-tuning with minimal code adjustments, reducing LLM deployment costs significantly, while ensuring full model ownership without vendor lock-in. | $400K | Angel | Oct 07, 2022 |  |

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## FAQ

### What does Yao Chung Chu invest in?

Yao Chung Chu invests primarily in Software, Machine Learning and Information Technology startups, most often at Angel stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hong Kong. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Yao Chung Chu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yao Chung Chu closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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