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Bohan Lou

Bohan Lou

Investor, AI Strategist, and Host of the Deus Ex Machina Podcast

San Francisco, California
Joined June 2025

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Bohan Lou is an early-stage investor with Chemistry, focusing on AI startups. His investment background includes a prior role as an Entrepreneur in Residence and Scout at Bain Capital Ventures, and he has also been an active angel investor in various seed-stage companies. He leverages his product management experience, having served as a founding PM at AI startups and as a Product Manager at Tome and Lyft. chemistry+1
Bohan has a strong academic foundation from Yale University, where he pursued a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Religious Studies. This interdisciplinary background informs his work, particularly his interest in the philosophical and ethical implications of technology, as evidenced by his role as a grantee at the Cosmos Institute. internationalstrategyforum+2
He is the host of the "Deus Ex Machina with Bohan Lou" podcast, where he engages with various thinkers on topics at the intersection of history, religion, politics, philosophy, and technology, often through a Chinese lens. This demonstrates his deep intellectual curiosity and ability to facilitate discussions on complex subjects. spotify+1
Bohan Lou's international background, having grown up in Shanghai, China, and attending Yale as an international student, provides him with a unique perspective, especially on US-China relations and global strategy. He has also been a fellow at the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), focusing on Chinese involvement in the Middle East. internationalstrategyforum+1

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Hosts the podcast "Deus Ex Machina with Bohan Lou" which explores history, religion, politics, philosophy, technology, and China. spotify