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Key people at Oxen.
Oxen.ai provides an integrated platform for the artificial intelligence lifecycle, empowering developers to manage, optimize, and deploy models. It facilitates prompt iteration, collaborative dataset management, and custom model fine-tuning. The platform efficiently versions and stores large assets, like model weights and datasets, streamlining development from concept to production.
Co-founded in 2020 by Scott Howard and CEO Greg Schoeninger, Oxen.ai arose from the insight that AI development required a unified, manageable workflow. Schoeninger's extensive AI background, including at IBM Watson, highlighted the critical need for robust infrastructure to bridge research and practical application.
Oxen.ai serves engineers, researchers, and creative teams across diverse industries and academia. Its vision empowers organizations to "Own Your AI," providing tools and infrastructure for building, training, and deploying custom models. This mission emphasizes data quality and accessibility, fostering greater control in AI development.
Key people at Oxen.
Ox Capital Management (OxCap) is an investment firm founded in 2021, specializing in emerging market equities.[1] Led by Dr. Joseph Lai, the firm identifies undervalued companies benefiting from positive trends in emerging markets, aiming to deliver stellar returns through a value-oriented approach; the team, including Principals Douglas Huey and Alan Zhang, brings over 50 years of collective experience.[1] Partnered with Fidante for operational support, OxCap focuses on long-term alliances to enhance specialist investment strategies in these markets.[1]
Note: Multiple entities share the "Oxen" name, including Oxen Labs (an AI data platform raising $6.75M in 2025), Oxen Ventures (tech consulting investor in EMEA), and OXEN Technology (IT services provider), but the query aligns most closely with OxCap as a prominent investment firm.[2][4][5]
Ox Capital Management was established in 2021 by Dr. Joseph Lai, who has over 20 years of experience managing emerging market investments.[1] Lai assembled a team of seasoned investors, including Principals Douglas Huey and Alan Zhang, to capitalize on undervalued opportunities in emerging markets.[1] The firm's name draws from the Ox in the Chinese Zodiac—symbolizing 2021's founding year and traits like hard work, reliability, and service—reflecting the team's commitment as custodians of client capital.[1] Early on, OxCap partnered with Fidante, allowing the team to prioritize investing over operations.[1]
While OxCap primarily invests in emerging market equities rather than tech startups exclusively, it rides the trend of rapid economic transformation in these regions, where tech adoption accelerates growth in undervalued firms.[1] Timing is favorable as emerging markets remain unusually undervalued amid global shifts, positioning OxCap to benefit from market forces like demographic booms and digitalization.[1] The firm influences the ecosystem by spotlighting high-potential companies, fostering capital flows into overlooked areas and supporting broader emerging market development.
OxCap is poised to expand as emerging markets rebound, leveraging its team's expertise to uncover mispriced assets amid geopolitical and economic volatility. Trends like AI-driven efficiencies and supply chain reshoring in EM could amplify opportunities, evolving the firm's influence toward larger-scale impact investing. With Fidante's backing, expect scaled AUM and deeper trend-focused portfolios, reinforcing its role as a steady "ox" in turbulent markets—delivering the stellar returns Lai envisioned from day one.[1]
