i'm building omnivore, a project to explore culture, taste, & capital alongside founders & creativesthis website is under revamp!feel free to say hi at [email protected]!
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about me!
2007 | 🇯🇵/🇨🇳 | ucsd'29
interdisciplinary computing & the arts (icam)
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📍 shanghai · san diego · tokyo · los angeles · san francisco
media
- walter benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
- wong kar-wei's blossoms shanghai, shanghainese ver
- Satoru Yamashita's plus 81 magazine
- willem van lancker's letter at terrain capital
- edmund's tech bros have taste?
- patrick kho's the chowcreators
Gakuyen, Tatsuki, Peace Gates, Lough, Jedcal, Reilin Joey, Optimum, Veristasium, 影视飓风, 小鹿Lawrence, 食贫道
hi, i’m aki. i’m a first-year at uc san diego studying interdisciplinary computing & the arts.i spend most of my time at the intersection of ventures and narrative. i'm usually brought in as a 'storyteller' when something works in technicality, but doesn’t yet make sense to people. tl:dr; a bona fide cultural editori help turn ideas into something you can see, feel, and believe in across product, brand, and distribution.i’ve worked with / at a16z-backed startups, yc china, baidu japan, and institutions like uc berkeley haas, supporting entrepreneurship programs and founder residencies.across these teams, i’ve operated on creative and marketing campaigns with ~$1M+ budgets, supporting companies that have collectively raised ~$100M+ and been featured in forbes and yahoo finance.right now, i’m building omnivore (what you see here), an advisory platform exploring taste & capital, and how ideas travel across systems.i’m also working on first loves, a series of physical collectibles about the moments that shape how people fall into hobbies, in collaboration with senior creative directors at nike.outside of work, i’m usually watching the valorant champions tour, collecting pokémon cards, experimenting with touchdesigner or cavalry, or figuring out which techy gadget i should buy next. (https://spoil.me/akiii)
i believe & love work in these four (+1) thingsCSCT - Culture, Systems, Capital, Taste- culture engines (games, creator economy, new media)
- system builders (ai, infrastructure, markets)
- capital allocators (venture funds, fellowships)
- taste-shapers (design and narrative studios/practices)
- bonus: the "special projects division" at any company
- anyway, the financial infra for the agentic age
- not yet studio, the uta-esque talent acq. firm of china
- inutan studios, the immersive fantasy gacha studio
- circle (pre-ipo), the new internet financial system
- portal, the universal liquidity layer
- anchor acad. & nova, the nonconformist advisory firm
- spark lab, the creative startup accelerator for rebels
- infini, the neobank for anyone, anytime
- kicker, the productivity app that kicks your butt
- more