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Sean Kae
Sean Kae is the Chief Executive Officer of Modo Labs, the Boston-based no-code platform that powers mobile campus and workplace apps for universities, hospitals, and enterprises. He joined as COO and was elevated to CEO in August 2022 to lead the company's next stage of growth, drawing on 16+ years at Samsung and time as an executive-in-residence at Storm Ventures.
Honghao Deng
Honghao Deng is the CEO and co-founder of Butlr, a San Francisco-based Physical AI company that uses anonymous thermal sensors to understand how spaces are occupied - without cameras or personal data. A Harvard GSD MDes graduate and MIT Media Lab researcher, Deng spun Butlr out of MIT in 2019 alongside co-founder Jiani Zeng. The company has raised over $105M in venture funding, deployed 30,000+ sensors across 22 countries, and processes 1 billion data points daily. Deng is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree (2022), a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, and the inventor of 'Illusory Material' - a multi-material 3D printing breakthrough named one of TIME Magazine's 100 Best Inventions of 2021.