Tyson Mao is Head of AI of Wing Venture Capital. He leads Wing's efforts to apply AI across the firm, from how the investment team finds and engages founders early, to how they support companies as they grow.
He was previously the co-founder and CEO of Tobiko Data, which built SQLMesh, the open source data transformation framework that teams adopted as an alternative to dbt. It acquired by Fivetran in 2025. Tyson is also a Caltech astrophysics graduate.
Beyond his work in data and AI, Tyson is a Rubik's Cube legend. He co-founded the World Cube Association, set a 3x3 blindfolded world record, created the beginner method featured in The Pursuit of Happyness, and has appeared on Leno and Good Morning America. Today he's working to bring cubing into schools. He also co-founded a restaurant, is active in magic circles, and plays the violin.
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