Episode

I Started r/AI_Agents and Now I'm Launching a VC Fund

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Chain of Thought | AI Agents, Infrastructure & Engineering
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Mar 10, 2026
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Summary

Yujian Tang started the r/AI_Agents subreddit in April 2023. For the first year, it barely moved. Then it hit 9,000 members, he went on vacation, came back to 36,000, and now it's approaching 300,000. In this episode, Yujian talks about how that community grew alongside his event business (Seattle Startup Summit, 900+ attendees last year), his two failed startups, and why he just filed paperwork to launch his own venture fund. Chain of Thought is hosted by Conor Bronsdon.