# Yao Chung Chu

> Yao Chung Chu is a angel investor backing Software and Machine Learning. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2019
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Sep 2026

Yao Chung Chu is a angel investor focused on Software and Machine Learning. Chu Yao Chung, co-founder of Modelife, has a distinguished background in AI and software engineering. Before co-founding Modelife, he served as a Senior Software Engineer at Instacart, where he focused on bot mitigation, session tracking, and building an experimentation platform. Chu’s early career includes work at NVIDIA, where he fine-tuned CPUvoltage and frequency algorithms to optimize energy consumption. His academic credentials include a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, with global exchange experience at Nanyang Technological University. Chu's broad experience in optimizing AI systems, developing scalable data solutions, and leading innovative projects has been instrumental in driving Modelife’s mission to revolutionize LLM hosting and fine-tuning. His vision is to make advanced AI accessible and customizable for developers, empowering them with the tools they need to deploy high-performance models effortlessly.

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## 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. | $200K | Angel | Apr 05, 2019 |  |

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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.

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### When did Yao Chung Chu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yao Chung Chu closed in Apr 2019. 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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