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Brian Shin

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Co-Founder at Joinable Labs, Inc.
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Brian Shin is the Managing Partner at VitalStage Ventures, an AI-native seed fund, and the Co-founder of Joinable Labs, Inc. A serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience and five exits, he focuses on responsible AI and data infrastructure. He holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Outside of his professional life, Brian is a family man with a wife and children. In 2019, he relocated with his family from Boston to San Francisco, demonstrating a willingness to make significant changes for his personal and professional journey.

He came out of a self-proclaimed "entrepreneurial retirement" to start his latest venture, Joinable Labs.

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Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Responsible AI
His venture fund, VitalStage Ventures, is explicitly focused on supporting entrepreneurs who are building AI in the most responsible way possible.
AI Infrastructure
He actively invests in and discusses the importance of the underlying data, hardware, and software infrastructure required to build transformative AI systems.
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Career

Work history

12-2024
Co-Founder
Joinable Labs, Inc.
8-2024
Investor
Groq
8-2024
Investor
Plex Research
6-2024
Investor
Deepnight (YC W24)
6-2024
Investor
ego (YC W24)
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Education
2004 - 2006
MBA
MIT Sloan School of Management
S.M. (on leave)
Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
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