# Wayne Chang

> Wayne Chang is a Taiwanese-American serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and technologist who co-founded Crashlytics (acquired by Twitter for ~$260M, then sold to Google as Fabric), co-founded Digits (AI-powered fintech for SMBs), and is currently building Reasoner, a neurosymbolic AI company claiming to outperform OpenAI's o1 models. Named one of Forbes' Top 50 Angel Investors with 80+ investments and 31+ exits generating over $150 billion in combined value, Chang also holds the coveted @wayne Twitter handle, holds 20+ patents, won an Emmy for producing Chasing Coral, and helped launch Dropbox by recruiting co-founder Arash Ferdowsi.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Reasoner
- **Organizations:** Reasoner, Digits, Wicked Magic Productions, Patented.ai, Crashlytics (acquired), Fabric/Twitter (acquired by Google)
- **From:** Taipei, Taiwan
- **Nationality:** Taiwanese-American
- **Education:** Attended (dropped out); Honorary Doctorate awarded, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Isenberg School of Management)
- **Known for:** Forbes Top 50 Angel Investors, Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40, Emmy Award (producer, Chasing Coral - 2017 Sundance premiere)

## Career timeline

- **1983** — Born in Taipei, Taiwan
- **1989** — Immigrated to the United States at age 6
- **1990** — Wrote first software program on an Apple IIe at age 7
- **2003** — Launched i2hub from his UMass dorm room - P2P file sharing on Internet2
- **2004** — Partnered with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss to form the Winklevoss Chang Group and integrate i2hub with ConnectU; RIAA sued 678 i2hub users; shut down i2hub under legal pressure
- **2006** — Helped co-found Dropbox - recruited Arash Ferdowsi and pitched Y Combinator with Drew Houston
- **2008** — Facebook settled with ConnectU for $65M cash and stock
- **2009** — Filed lawsuit against the Winklevoss twins claiming 50% of Facebook settlement
- **2011** — Co-founded Crashlytics with Jeff Seibert - mobile crash reporting for iOS and Android
- **2013** — Twitter acquired Crashlytics for ~$260M; Chang joined Twitter as Director of Product Strategy; personally accelerated 4-year equity grants for all team members
- **2015** — Fabric (evolved from Crashlytics) scaled to 2B active devices and 225,000 developers; Suffolk Superior Court dismissed Winklevoss lawsuit
- **2017** — Google acquired Fabric and Crashlytics; Chang and Seibert left Twitter; launched Wicked Magic Productions with Paul English; produced Emmy-winning Chasing Coral at Sundance
- **2018** — Co-founded Digits with Jeff Seibert - AI-powered fintech for small businesses
- **2019** — Digits raised $10.5M Series A (Benchmark); Winklevoss lawsuit appeal dismissed
- **2020** — Digits raised $22M Series B (GV + Benchmark)
- **2022** — Digits raised $65M Series C (SoftBank lead)
- **2023** — Founded Reasoner - neurosymbolic AI company; founded Patented.ai
- **2024** — Reasoner took $1.8M in bookings in Q3; Fortune magazine featured Reasoner's AI reliability breakthroughs in December

## Achievements

- Forbes Top 50 Angel Investors
- Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40
- Emmy Award (producer, Chasing Coral - 2017 Sundance premiere)
- Honorary Doctorate from University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Co-founded Crashlytics, acquired by Twitter for ~$260M then by Google
- Co-founded Digits, raised $97.5M+ in funding
- Helped co-found Dropbox alongside Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi
- Created i2hub - expanded to 400+ universities globally
- 80+ angel investments with 31+ exits generating $150B+ combined value
- Holds 20+ patents in live video streaming, API management, and more
- Holds coveted @wayne Twitter handle since December 2008
- 100% Techstars acceptance rate for companies he has recommended
- DraftKings Series A investor before its 2020 NASDAQ IPO

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Fortune magazine ran exclusive feature on Reasoner's claimed AI reliability breakthroughs
- **2024-09** — Reasoner reported $1.8 million in bookings for Q3 2024
- **2023-01** — Founded Reasoner, a neurosymbolic AI company and Patented.ai, an IP-focused AI tool

## Links

- Website: https://www.chang.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynechang
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/wayne
- GitHub: https://github.com/wayne-chang

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Last updated: 2026-04-25