Dennis Yap

Dennis Yap

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Dennis is at the technological and societal frontier of creating and applying AIs for…

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Experience

Education

  • Princeton University Graphic

    Princeton University

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    Activities and Societies: Chapel Deacon; Snowboard Team; Brown Food Coop;

    Awards and Grants from the University Center for Human Values

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    Activities and Societies: SoCal surfing, music, philosophy, etc.

    Took classes on Law, Psychology, Regional Security, Greek and Immigration.

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    Activities and Societies: Startups / Venture Capital / ESG Investing GMBA Program of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management and MIT Sloan

    Teaching Assistant for Peter Thiel and Professor Jia Ning on Startup Thinking (and founding new enterprises in the US and China);
    1st place (out of 8) in the 2015 X-lab Pitch Competition as Chief Knowledge Officer;
    1st place (out of 5) in the 2015 TechMark Business Acumen Competition as Chief Strategy Officer

    School and Municipal Scholarships

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    Activities and Societies: Honours Thesis on Distributive Justice and Beneficence in the Hebrew-Christian Traditions: Based on Needs and Respect; 2005-2007 Best Student in Political Science

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Yale-NUS Entrepreneurship Society Graphic

    Mentor

    Yale-NUS Entrepreneurship Society

    - 2 years 2 months

    Science and Technology

    Workshop at 2017 Entrepreneurship Bootcamp on how to prepare your unique self to discover your singular startup idea.

  • Board Member

    Princeton Alumni Association of Singapore

    - 2 years 1 month

    Education

    Interviewed Prospective Students;
    Activities

Publications

Courses

  • Philosophy of Science

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  • Startup Thinking

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Projects

  • Singapore: Inventor turned entrepreneur (Dennis Yap) on That One Thing by Rianne Roggema

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    "In this episode of That One Thing I find myself in the hub for start-ups of Singapore: Launchpad. A location where start-ups, incubators, accelerators and venture capitalists form an ecosystem that spurs innovation and collaborations.

    One of those Start-Ups is AI Seer - founded by Dennis Yap, my guest for today. I wanted to talk to him because I think his invention, Facticity.AI, a live fact checker, is more relevant than ever. And it is not only me who seems to think so: Facticity was…

    "In this episode of That One Thing I find myself in the hub for start-ups of Singapore: Launchpad. A location where start-ups, incubators, accelerators and venture capitalists form an ecosystem that spurs innovation and collaborations.

    One of those Start-Ups is AI Seer - founded by Dennis Yap, my guest for today. I wanted to talk to him because I think his invention, Facticity.AI, a live fact checker, is more relevant than ever. And it is not only me who seems to think so: Facticity was named one of Time’s 200 best inventions of 2024.

    I meet Dennis in his office where he takes me through how Facticity works, and as this episode was recorded a few days before the American Elections (before we knew Trump won), he shares with me why he finds his tool more relevant than ever.

    Today in Episode #18 of That One Thing, Dennis Yap, founder of AI Seer and inventor of Facticity.AI "

    Other creators

  • Prelude of Polarization: Chasing Truth, Fairness and Transcendence in de-Protestantizing Princeton with Great Expectations

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    A Singaporean Idealist in SF’s Foggy Cloud!? (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court was one of my favorite books growing up)

    Other creators

  • seer.’s first Press Release

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    Stakeholder managed PR.com’s editor, Draper Associates, Nvidia and NLB to confirm factual accuracy

  • LAPA Presentation on: Chinese Contexts for Natural Law as Mandated by Heaven?

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    Princeton University’s Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA) explores the role of law in politics, society,
    the economy, and culture in the United States, in countries around the world, and across national borders.
    Through its programming, teaching, and research initiatives, LAPA combines the multi-disciplinary expertise
    of Princeton’s faculty with the knowledge provided by leading academic and practical experts on American,
    international, and comparative law. This extraordinary…

    Princeton University’s Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA) explores the role of law in politics, society,
    the economy, and culture in the United States, in countries around the world, and across national borders.
    Through its programming, teaching, and research initiatives, LAPA combines the multi-disciplinary expertise
    of Princeton’s faculty with the knowledge provided by leading academic and practical experts on American,
    international, and comparative law. This extraordinary legal community provides an exciting forum for rethinking the role of law across the disciplines and for addressing the complex problems of the 21st century.

  • Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination Fellow

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    Delivered a speech and paper entitled Premptive Diplomacy at the International Conference at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna

  • Presented on East Asian Law and designed an interdisciplinary workshop on comparative legal systems.

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Honors & Awards

  • TIME's Best Inventions 2024

    TIME

    Inventor of Facticity.AI; recognised by TIME Best Inventions as one of 14 AIs of 2024-25.

  • Additional Awards

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    2008-2011 Full Princeton Scholarship and Merit Prize from University Center for Human Values
    2003-2007 Placed 6 times on the Dean’s List of NUS’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
    1999 3rd Prize in British Alumni Essay Competition

Test Scores

  • GRE

    Score: Verbal Top 2%

    Verbal 720/800; Quantative 750/800; Analytical 5.5/6

Languages

  • Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

    Elementary proficiency

  • Japanese

    Elementary proficiency

  • Chinese

    Full professional proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

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