Hannie is the Managing Partner at Nami Venture Partners, where she designs the system behind Nami.
Her research background is in psychophysics. She started learning machine learning in 2016, founded ShowHue, a computer vision startup, and then, of course, pivoted to image generation.
She ran the image generation pipeline end to end, from annotation and model training to API distribution, managing 500+ annotators across 5M+ image data points and growing the AI image generation API 6x month over month.
After the company was acquired by a foundation model company, she mentored top STEM students across 9+ countries through global youth programs to build AI products.
Superpower
When founders ask Hannie for an intro, she usually pauses for a second and searches her mental database. Over time, friends started joking that she is a human version of vector search. Across AI, blockchain, B2B, and B2C, she has a rare instinct for connecting the right people, resources, and context. That instinct now shapes how Nami helps founders find the right next move.