Apple Jiani L.

Apple Jiani L. founded BOOM INNOVATIONS to invest in and help build technology businesses entering the American market. She advises Cantina Labs, where she describes building its Singapore presence, and invests through a16z speedrun; her earlier work spans a16z’s consumer team, finance and writing Across the Sea.

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Based in: San Francisco

BOOM INNOVATIONS

Jan 2024 — Present

Founder

Cantina Labs

Sep 2025 — Present

Strategic Advisor

a16z speedrun

Aug 2025 — Present

Venture Partner

Ineffable Intelligence

Jan 2026 — Present

Investor

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Nov 2023 — Present

Investor

Andreessen Horowitz

Jun 2022 — Oct 2023

Consumer Deal Team

London Stock Exchange Group

Sep 2021 — Jul 2022

Business Consultant

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Sep 2018 — Sep 2020

Co-Founder

McKinsey & Company

Jun 2016 — Jun 2018

Senior Finance Associate

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Jun 2015 — Jun 2016

Investment Banking Analyst

University of Cambridge

PhD

University of Cambridge

MBA

Brown University

Bachelor's studies in mathematics

Products & media

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One Model, Every Modality: The Two-Phase Start-up Path to Unified Generative AI

Apple’s architecture and market essay proposing a staged approach to joint audio-video generation, unified models and persistent interactive characters.

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Apple Jiani L.

BOOM INNOVATIONS

Cantina Labs

a16z speedrun

Ineffable Intelligence

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Andreessen Horowitz

London Stock Exchange Group

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McKinsey & Company

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

Brown University

Products & media

One Model, Every Modality: The Two-Phase Start-up Path to Unified Generative AI

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