Kaiyu Hsu
Hello world. You can call me Kai since we're pretty much friends now. I enjoy creating things for the internet. By day, I get to do that through investing, advising, and building products you may not have heard of, yet.
Welcome to my corner of the web.
- Oversaw product growth from dozens to millions of users
- Published research on growth and retention
- Led software development at various large organizations
- Helped build the frontend framework for the worlds largest retailer
- Contributing member of USDR and the OpenJS Foundation
- Took startups through acquisitions, IPOs, and several failures
Total Compensation Calculator: A simple tool to help you navigate tech startup compensation. None of these rosy numbers HR loves to give. No estimation brainwork required. Just fill in the numbers and hit the bank. Covid-19 Dashboard: A real-time dashboard visualizing global Covid-19 data and trends. Keiko and Friends: Cute sticker pack. Policing Ice: Documenting incidents of ICE overreach through crowdsourced video evidence. LoremLLM: Mock responses for LLMs. Stonksville: Minute trading. Realtime trading game where you tap to bet on price up to 90 seconds ahead. Kwadrants: Everything lives in a 2x2 matrix. Autoplay: Your feeds as live TV channels of AI-generated video. Commuting Clawders: Keep Clawd running. An endless runner that plays while Claude Code works. IdleBiz: An idle business sim where your employees are real AI agents. They write real code and ship real products.
Init: An AI native starter kit to build, launch, and scale your next project. AI Canvas: Forkable Next.js template featuring a design canvas UI with AI integration. AI Datagrid: Forkable Next.js template featuring an Excel-like UI with AI integration. AI Notes: Forkable Next.js template featuring an AI-powered notes app. AI Calendar: Forkable Next.js template featuring an AI-powered calendar app. AI Messages: Forkable Next.js template featuring an AI-powered communications app.
Beyond work, I love to learn about economics, psychology, and business. You'll occasionally find me dabbling in the open source world, drawing things, building apps, and designing games. But honestly, I spend most of my days procrastinating.
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