# Daniel Wang

> Daniel Wang is the Singapore-based co-founder and CEO of Aethir, a distributed GPU cloud infrastructure business serving AI and gaming. A Princeton economics graduate, he previously held publishing, global expansion and China operations roles at Riot Games, and investment roles at Infinity Ventures Crypto and YGG SEA/W3GG. His public discussions focus on hardware access, GPU utilization, enterprise reliability and the economics of making computing available to more users.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Aethir
- **Organizations:** Aethir, Riot Games, Riot Games China, Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC), YGG SEA / W3GG, HTC, iFlow Systems, Deutsche Bank Securities, SHFT., Boulevard
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Princeton University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Aethir, a distributed GPU cloud infrastructure platform for AI and gaming., Held leadership roles in international publishing, global expansion and infrastructure, and China operations at Riot Games., Served as Chief Investment Officer at YGG SEA / W3GG and as a venture partner at Infinity Ventures Crypto.

## Career timeline

- **2003-2007** — Studied economics at Princeton University.
- **2007-2008** — Analyst in Private Wealth Management at Deutsche Bank Securities.
- **2010-2012** — Senior Manager of Corporate Strategy and Global Insights at HTC.
- **2012-2013** — Director of Strategy and Corporate Development at iFlow Systems.
- **2013-2019** — Held senior international publishing, global expansion and infrastructure, and China operations roles at Riot Games.
- **2021** — Aethir co-founder; public profiles date his Aethir and IVC venture partner roles to August 2021.
- **2021-2024** — Chief Investment Officer and subsequently advisor at YGG SEA / W3GG.
- **2024-08** — Spoke at WebX on scaling DePIN and decentralization in AI.
- **2024-12** — Signed an Aethir partnership agreement with The Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi during Abu Dhabi Finance Week.
- **2025-10** — Appeared in a Bitcoin.com interview about strategic compute reserves, gaming and enterprise infrastructure.
- **2026-04** — Commented on the launch of Aethir Claw V1 and its goal of simplifying AI agent deployment.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Aethir, a distributed GPU cloud infrastructure platform for AI and gaming.
- Held leadership roles in international publishing, global expansion and infrastructure, and China operations at Riot Games.
- Served as Chief Investment Officer at YGG SEA / W3GG and as a venture partner at Infinity Ventures Crypto.
- Represented Aethir in its December 2024 partnership signing with The Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Aethir announced on October 21 that daily ATH burns funded by network fees and a floating network fee were scheduled for November 2026; these were announced future changes at the research date.
- **2026-08** — Aethir announced ACCELERATE, reporting access to 10 sites with up to 20 MW of capacity in the United States and Europe; build-out and contract values were projections.
- **2026-04** — Aethir launched Claw V1 on April 22. Wang described the product as combining GPU infrastructure, hosting and the agent application layer to simplify browser-based deployment.
- **2025-10** — A Bitcoin.com interview published October 18 discussed Wang’s strategic compute reserve thesis and Aethir’s enterprise model.

## Links

- Website: https://aethir.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmwang/

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Last updated: 2026-10-22