Kisson Lin, founder and CEO of the AI startup Tanka, will take the stage at TechCrunch Sessions: AI for a highly anticipated discussion entitled “Your Next Co-Founder Will Be AI.” Scheduled for June 5 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, the event promises to offer entrepreneurs and developers valuable insights into leveraging artificial intelligence to power business growth.
Lin has built her reputation in cutting-edge AI innovation. Prior to launching Tanka, she lent her expertise to tech industry leaders such as Meta in Singapore, and TikTok in Beijing, where she was instrumental in shaping e-commerce and ad monetization strategies. Lin is also no stranger to entrepreneurial success, having previously co-founded Mindverse AI. Serving as COO at Mindverse, she helped develop and launch products like Me.bot, an AI-powered, memory-enabled note-taking app, and MindOS, an AI agent operating system.
With academic credentials in data science and business statistics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Lin’s career sits at a unique intersection of neuroscience, AI-driven memory technologies, and collaboration platforms. An avid enthusiast of neuroscience and amateur science-fiction writer, Lin is particularly interested in the role memory plays in intelligence, a passion deeply embedded in her work at Tanka.
At TechCrunch Sessions, Lin is expected to explore how Tanka’s long-term memory AI messenger enhances team efficiencies, offering substantial advantages especially to solo entrepreneurs competing against larger companies. Since its beta release in October 2024, Tanka reports that users have already reclaimed a remarkable 111 days’ worth of productivity hours through its automatic, memory-based messaging capabilities.
Her session will also broadly address emerging technologies empowering individual entrepreneurs to scale significantly without large teams or heavy venture capital investments. Lin’s insights promise to deliver key strategies for navigating the evolving landscape of AI entrepreneurship.
TechCrunch Sessions: AI will host an extensive lineup of renowned figures in artificial intelligence, including Anthropic co-founder Jared Kaplan, Databricks co-founder and UC Berkeley professor Ion Stoica, and DeepMind senior product manager Logan Kilpatrick. The event is anticipated to attract roughly 1,000 attendees, establishing itself as a crucial gathering for those looking to understand and capitalize on the rapidly growing AI sector.
