Qi Lu

Founder and CEO, MiraclePlus · 1 appearance on the record.

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Qi Lu is a seasoned technology executive who previously served as Executive Vice President at Microsoft, Group President and COO at Baidu, and head of Y Combinator China. In 2019, he spun off the China unit to establish MiraclePlus, an early-stage startup accelerator and investment fund.

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2 assertions · 1 opinion · 1 insight · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 2 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

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Assertion Supported

Qi Lu: Cindy Mi co-founded an English school at age 17

“You actually co-founded An English training school when you were at 17 with your uncle believe it or not, with your uncle.”

Qi Lu Jan 16, 2019 ▶ 4:28 Cindy Mi and Qi Lu Share Advice for Entrepreneurs Building Global Companies · Y Combinator

What they said4 Episodes1

Everything Qi Lu said on the Y Combinator Startup Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion

Qi Lu: Education has barely changed in millennia despite technology

“Having said that, also sort of observed education for the past couple of thousand years hasn't really changed that much. Technology hasn't really make a massive, Ah, uplift or transformation yet.”

Qi Lu Jan 16, 2019 ▶ 49:16 Cindy Mi and Qi Lu Share Advice for Entrepreneurs Building Global Companies · Y Combinator

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Qi Lu: Learning sixth-grade fractions is the top indicator of intellectual development

“A sixth grade in United States learning fraction mathematics is actually the defining moment. That would be the most sort of leading indicators on this kid's intellectual development.”

Qi Lu Jan 16, 2019 ▶ 50:04 Cindy Mi and Qi Lu Share Advice for Entrepreneurs Building Global Companies · Y Combinator

Insight

Qi Lu: The core essence of AI is rapid, efficient knowledge acquisition

“My view on this is AI is about a rapidly efficient way of acquiring knowledge. We can use sensors, cameras whatever sensors, to observe a phenomena, and use deep learning, machine learning, some techniques to rapidly distill into self-knowledge.”

Qi Lu Jan 16, 2019 ▶ 51:17 Cindy Mi and Qi Lu Share Advice for Entrepreneurs Building Global Companies · Y Combinator