# Vincent Yang

> Vincent Yang is the co-founder and CEO of Firework, the world's largest AI-powered video commerce platform. A serial entrepreneur with a Stanford MBA, he previously co-founded EverString (acquired by ZoomInfo) and built a career spanning investment banking at J.P. Morgan and venture investing at Summit Partners. At Firework, Yang raised $270M+ in funding - including a $150M SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led Series B - and built a platform used by 1,500+ global brands to embed shoppable live and short-form video directly on their owned digital properties. Named to Ad Age's Tech Power List 2024, he is now betting on agentic AI as the next frontier of commerce.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Firework
- **Organizations:** Firework, EverString (acquired by ZoomInfo), J.P. Morgan, Summit Partners
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Master of Business Administration (MBA), Stanford University, Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- **Known for:** Named to Ad Age Tech Power List 2024, Raised $270M+ for Firework including $150M Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Built Firework into platform used by 1,500+ leading global brands across 20+ countries

## Career timeline

- **2001-2005** — Studied Mathematics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- **circa 2008-2010** — Earned MBA from Stanford University
- **2008** — Began career as Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan
- **2010-2012** — Worked as Investment Manager at Summit Partners
- **2014** — Co-founded EverString, a predictive analytics platform (ranked No. 1 in category)
- **2018** — Left CEO role at EverString; transitioned to Executive Chairman
- **2017** — Co-founded Firework (Loop Now Technologies) with Jerry Luk
- **2019** — Firework officially launched with 2M registered users, backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners
- **2020** — EverString acquired by ZoomInfo
- **2022-05** — Firework closed $150M Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, valuing company at $750M
- **2024** — Named to Ad Age Tech Power List 2024 for reinventing online shopping with AI and conversational commerce
- **2025** — Launched Firework's 3C Framework and agentic commerce platform; presented at eTail 2025

## Achievements

- Named to Ad Age Tech Power List 2024
- Raised $270M+ for Firework including $150M Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2
- Built Firework into platform used by 1,500+ leading global brands across 20+ countries
- Co-founded EverString, ranked No. 1 in predictive analytics, later acquired by ZoomInfo
- Scaled Firework to 300+ employees with 6 global offices (San Mateo, New York, Toronto, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo)
- Built team of 90+ engineers and data scientists at Firework
- Firework valued at $750M at time of Series B (May 2022)

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Presented Firework's Video + AI Global Commerce Blueprint at eTail 2025
- **2025-01** — Unveiled Firework's 3C Framework for AI-powered commerce, outlining three pivotal trends reshaping the industry
- **2024-01** — Named to Ad Age Tech Power List 2024 for work on AI and conversational commerce
- **2022-05** — Closed $150M Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2; Linda Yu joined Firework board of directors

## Links

- Website: https://firework.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentyangfirework
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/vyeverstring
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/fireworkhq/

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Last updated: 2026-05-11