Wen Sang

Wen Sang is the Co-Founder and COO of Genspark.ai, which scaled from 0 to $50M ARR within five months of launching its Super Agent suite in 2025. The company has raised over $435M across Seed, Series A, and Series B, with recognition from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Sam Altman as a leading AI agent platform. Previously, Wen founded Smarking (YC/Khosla Ventures), acquired by JustPark in 2022, and holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.

My First Investor Was My Wife, and Why That Matters More Than You Think

Dec 7, 2025

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9 min read

My First Investor Was My Wife, and Why That Matters More Than You Think

Ten years ago, I stood on stage at the 2014 MIT Global Founder Skills Accelerator demo day in San Francisco. I was essentially a kid fresh out of grad school—PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, sure, but what did I really know about building a company?

Wen Sang