# Audrey Ou

> Audrey Ou is the co-founder and CEO of TRLab, a curated platform that fuses NFT technology with blue-chip fine art. Working with co-founder Xin Li-Cohen, the deputy chairman of Christie's Asia, she has built TRLab into a bridge between the traditional art world and Web3 - partnering with artists like Cai Guo-Qiang, the Calder Foundation, and Vogue. A Princeton History graduate with a Columbia analytics degree, Ou was named to the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 Art & Style list, Apollo's 40 Under 40 Asia Pacific, and Tatler Asia's Gen.T. TRLab has raised $9.2M in funding.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at TRLab
- **Organizations:** TRLab, Guggenheim Museum (Asian Art Council; Young Collectors Council), Olive Capital (former), Rockbund Art Museum (family connection)
- **Education:** B.A. in History, Princeton University, M.S. in Applied Analytics, Columbia University (School of Professional Studies)
- **Known for:** Forbes 30 Under 30, Art & Style (2023), Apollo magazine 40 Under 40 Asia Pacific (2022), Tatler Asia Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow (2022)

## Career timeline

- **2010** — Family begins involvement with Shanghai's Rockbund Art Museum; Audrey assists with solo exhibitions of artists including Cai Guo-Qiang and the Hugo Boss Asia Art Project.
- **Pre-2021** — Entrepreneur in residence at Olive Capital, focused on consumer technology.
- **2021** — Co-founds TRLab with Xin Li-Cohen (Christie's Asia deputy chairman), a platform fusing NFT technology with fine art.
- **2022** — Launches 'Your Daytime Fireworks' with Cai Guo-Qiang; raises $4.2M; named to Apollo 40 Under 40 Asia Pacific and Tatler Asia Gen.T; earns M.S. from Columbia.
- **2023** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (Art & Style); TRLab closes a $5M seed round led by Hivemind Capital and OKX Ventures.

## Achievements

- Forbes 30 Under 30, Art & Style (2023)
- Apollo magazine 40 Under 40 Asia Pacific (2022)
- Tatler Asia Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow (2022)
- Co-founded and scaled TRLab to $9.2M in total funding
- Launched 'Your Daytime Fireworks' with Cai Guo-Qiang - all 7,000 editions sold out in 62 seconds; shortlisted for the 2022 Lumen Prize for Art and Technology
- Brought blue-chip artists and estates including the Calder Foundation and Vogue onto the blockchain
- Partnered with Rhizome on the SEED digital-art preservation campaign

## Latest updates

- **2023-09** — TRLab raised a $5M seed round led by Hivemind Capital and OKX Ventures, bringing total funding to $9.2M.
- **2023-01** — Audrey Ou named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Art & Style list.

## Links

- Website: https://trlab.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/audrey-ou
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/trlab_
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LIfYpY_7U4

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Last updated: 2026-06-25