Ms. Ara Kyi backs founders building disruptive technologies that drive positive change for society. Before Sky9, she built products at high-growth startups in blockchain and AI, and served as the first product manager in Singapore for OKX’s Web3 Wallet, where she led DeFi. Ara began her career in academic research, publishing work in health and machine learning at Brown University’s HCI Systems Research Lab.

Ara holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics from Smith College.