Grace Gong is the Founder & CEO of Smart Venture Media, host of the Smart Venture Podcast and Venture with Grace — a daily show ranking in the top 1.5% of podcasts globally with listeners in 100+ countries and 10M+ impressions per year. She is an angel investor in the AI sector, venture scout for Alumni Ventures, and advisor at Berkeley SkyDeck. Her podcasts have featured C-level executives and VPs from Google, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Salesforce, and more, as well as Managing Partners from top funds on the Forbes Midas List and unicorn founders from companies like Square, Loom, and Glean. She has hosted the Smart AI Leadership Summit and Smart AI 100 Summit, spoken at AWS, LinkedIn HQ, and major startup events across the country, and has been recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance with 57K+ followers. She is also a #1 bestselling author in the VC category on Amazon. Grace founded G-Fellows — part of Smart Venture Media — alongside Founding Fellow Siya, who has been with the program from day one, to bridge the gap between the most talented students in the country and the venture world they're trying to break into.