Early on, Huang Renxun was as naive and eager as a little girl with a sweet tooth—on his first day of entrepreneurship, the main topic of discussion was what to have for lunch? 😂 On his 30th birthday, the makeshift startup officially launched, and daily meetings mostly consisted of awkward small talk. Months later, the conversation evolved to: Should we keep donuts in the fridge? It’s hard to imagine he started from virtually nothing—reading books on entrepreneurship, learning what venture capital was, and how to register a company. Fortunately, Huang had great character and immense personal charm. VCs don’t invest in pitch decks—they invest in people. And he was exceptionally skilled at packaging complex, abstract concepts like CUDA architecture and AI computing power into compelling visions. Most importantly, he discovered that wet snow and long, steep slope.