Hi, I'm Claire Xiong. Founder, investor, researcher, and lawyer living in Silicon Valley.
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FollowBuilding and backing businesses across four markets.
I spent ten years in advertising at Google and TikTok before founding ReelNow Technology, a MediaTech company that helps businesses plan and execute their marketing in overseas markets. I also serve on the investment committee of the Dalian Aerospace Peninsula Venture Capital Fund, where we invest in growth-stage companies approaching Series B. I started on the investing side and moved into operating, so I have worked on both.
I write about how AI is changing business. My work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, and my current research focuses on AI-native services and how to measure the quality of AI-delivered work. I'm also a practicing lawyer, working on cross-border contracts, disputes, and compliance.
I've lived and worked in China, the US, the UK, and Saudi Arabia. Outside of work, I run a small cross-border e-commerce shop and share my work and life on social media.
Founder
Co-founder & CEO of ReelNow Technology, a MediaTech company helping businesses plan and execute their marketing in overseas markets, backed by a decade of ads experience at Google and TikTok.
Investor
Investment committee member at Dalian Aerospace Peninsula Venture Capital Fund, focused on growth-stage companies raising toward Series B, with experience on both the investing and operating sides.
Researcher & Writer
Published in Harvard Business Review, with a current research focus on AI-native services: how AI compresses quality variance in professional work, what happens to billable-hour pricing, and how to measure the quality of AI-delivered outcomes.
Lawyer
Practicing lawyer focused on cross-border matters — contracts, disputes, and the compliance questions international businesses actually run into.
Creator
I share the systems, tools, and AI workflows I use to run multiple businesses, and I run a small cross-border e-commerce shop of my own.
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My roles inform each other. Operating a company makes me a better investor, legal training makes me a more careful operator, and running businesses across four markets with AI in daily use is where my research questions come from. If a project crosses borders or involves AI, I'm interested.