Tai has over 20 years experience working and investing in the Technology sector, in Silicon Valley, New York and Singapore. Her expertise is investing in technology companies (both private and public), especially in Deep Tech (AI, Robotics, Semiconductor, Semiconductor Capital Equipment, Enterprise Software & Hardware, Internet/Media), Fintech and Blockchain.
Tai is currently Founder, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner of AICONIC VENTURES, a $200M+ Venture Capital fund investing in early-stage startups globally in AI, Semiconductor, Robotics and Deep Tech.
Previously Tai was Chief Investment Officer & Chief Executive Officer of SCB 10X, the disruptive technology investment arm of Siam Commercial Bank.
Her investment includes Together AI, Lumilens, eBots, Epic Microsystems, Cerby, Pokee AI, Flip AI, Ema Unlimited, Jimini Health (LLM for Mental Health), Guardrails AI, Tenyx (acquired by Salesforce), AI21 Labs, Fireblocks, Anchorage, Nansen, Talos, Axelar, Forta, Anchor, The Sandbox, Spruce Systems, Alpha Finance, Ape Board (acquired by Nansen), Sygnum, Metrika, Darwinbox, Sunday, Token Unlocks, Station70, Sahara AI, Chaos Labs, Vana, etc. Prior to AICONIC and SCB 10X, Tai was a Portfolio Manager at Pictet Asset Management, where she invests in publicly-listed technology companies globally, with focus on Asia.
Tai started her career as a Design Engineer at SiByte, a Silicon Valley microprocessor startup (funded by Bessemer Ventures, Bowman Capital, Cisco and Juniper), where she was one of the early employees. SiByte was acquired for $2.2 Billion by Broadcom in 2000. Tai continued to work at Broadcom as a Lead Engineer, managing the development of the Mercurian Microprocessor, used by customers like Cisco and Juniper.
Originally from Thailand, Tai received the prestigious King Scholarship from the King of Thailand to study abroad. She graduated with honors from MIT where she earned Bachelor and Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and subsequently an MBA from Harvard Business School.