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EPISODE · Jan 28, 2026 · 1H 2M

David Zeng, Beacons CTO on AI Tools for Creator Economy

from Venture with Grace · host Grace Gong

David Zeng is Co-Founder and CTO of Beacons AI, the Y Combinator-backed all-in-one platform powering 9M+ creators with AI-native tools for link-in-bio pages, websites, email marketing, ecommerce, and monetization across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more—helping solopreneurs turn brand deals, affiliates, and digital products into sustainable businesses without tech headaches. A Stanford PhD in signal processing and machine learning whose medical imaging research deployed globally in hospitals, David previously led ML at Azumio (launching Calorie Mama AI) and interned on computer vision at Google, bringing hardcore AI engineering to the $250B creator economy where Beacons handles unique creator mixes on every major US social network.Topics:Using ML signal detection to spot viral patterns before platform algorithms react.AI link-in-bio 3x's conversions – predicts TikTok/IG/YouTube audience overlapWhy the creator economy needs AI-native tools, not more dashboards#CreatorEconomy #SaaS #Startups #YC #TechInvesting

David Zeng is Co-Founder and CTO of Beacons AI, the Y Combinator-backed all-in-one platform powering 9M+ creators with AI-native tools for link-in-bio pages, websites, email marketing, ecommerce, and monetization across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more—helping solopreneurs turn brand deals, affiliates, and digital products into sustainable businesses without tech headaches. A Stanford PhD in signal processing and machine learning whose medical imaging research deployed globally in hospitals, David previously led ML at Azumio (launching Calorie Mama AI) and interned on computer vision at Google, bringing hardcore AI engineering to the $250B creator economy where Beacons handles unique creator mixes on every major US social network.Topics:Using ML signal detection to spot viral patterns before platform algorithms react.AI link-in-bio 3x's conversions – predicts TikTok/IG/YouTube audience overlapWhy the creator economy needs AI-native tools, not more dashboards#CreatorEconomy #SaaS #Startups #YC #TechInvesting

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