Daniel is an American technologist and the founder of Three Rules Company, a technology studio incubating products and building AI agents. Previously, he worked for eight years at Google as Data Lead for the international growth team.
Before Google, he spent 10 years in mainland China, leading business strategy and entrepreneurial software teams.
Daniel has been a Fulbright Scholar and holds an MBA from Columbia University.
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Recent Projects
- Three Rules Company - A technology studio incubating products and building AI agents, with data and finance advisory.
- Underlines News - A news analysis and media experiment focused on clear, concise briefings that cut through noise to provide essential context and implications of major events.
- LP9 - A comprehensive life planning web application that helps users systematically organize and track their personal and professional goals, habits, and long-term aspirations.
- ダニエルの言葉発見 - A YouTube channel where an American explores fascinating nuances of Japanese and Chinese languages, making complex linguistic concepts accessible through humor and snapshots of daily life.
- Building on Fire - A YouTube channel focused on agentic coding and practical insights gained from working with AI coding agents, emphasizing autonomous problem-solving and effective collaboration with AI tools.
- LLM Nexus, an open-source Python package that provides a single interface for interacting with multiple Language Model providers.
- NextJS Markdown Boilerplate, a minimal Next.js 15 app that renders Markdown files.
- EIP-4974, a standard EVM interface for ratings.