Alice Zhang
Hi! I'm Alice, co-founder and CEO of Emberlight. We make Amber, an iPhone app where you subscribe to an AI coach built from a real expert. Our coaches are proactive: they text you morning check-ins, track your habits, and act on what you send them.
Amber went live six weeks ago. 30% of our first 600 users converted to paying subscribers, and they average 40 messages a day with their coach. We're building the Shopify for human expertise.
Before this: six years at Tencent and AWS turning zero into revenue, and two companies built along the way. I left a funded startup and a Yale master's for this one.
Now
- Emberlight · Co-Founder & CEO · 2026 to present · Amber: subscribe to an AI coach built from a real expert · 30% of the first 600 users converted to paid · 40 coach messages a day per user
Track Record
- Tencent · 2021 to 2025 · led the AI-generated ads pilot with Tencent's largest advertisers, $250M in spend, driving $50M in new revenue · $300M+ partner portfolio · Best Project of the Quarter 2023
- Eury AI · Stanford AI inference spin-out · negotiated the commercial IP license with Stanford · signed 4 enterprise design partners · raised $300K · left in March 2026 to go full-time on Emberlight
- Chraft · Co-Founder, agentic video platform · bootstrapped with zero outside capital to 6,000+ users and a $300K ARR baseline in two months
- AWS · 2019 to 2021 · won 13 enterprises from rival clouds · 125% of quota three straight quarters · AWS High Value Person 2021
Education
- Stanford Ignite, Entrepreneurship · 2026
- Yale M. Advanced Management · left to found Emberlight
- HKUST MBA · McGill B.Sc. Economics, CS minor
Roots
- Top 5 worldwide at Miss Chinese International, in front of 50 million live viewers · I noticed the Montreal qualifier sent its winner straight to the finals, so I won it and took the free ticket
- It started as a volunteer geography teacher in a Xiangxi mountain village. I build things that open doors for others.
I serve on the Executive Committee of the Silicon Valley VIP Club, where I built an invite-only dinner series for 120+ VC general partners and investors, many managing $1B+ funds. Eight monthly dinners so far, 40+ attendees each, connecting emerging founders with mentors and capital.
To get in touch, email alicezhang910@gmail.com