Afra Wang

Afra Wang

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Afra Wang is a writer based between London and the California Bay Area. Born and raised in China, she spent many years in Silicon Valley working across AI and media. She is a Roots of Progress Institute Fellow and a winter fellow with GovAI. She writes Concurrent, a newsletter exploring the parallel and colliding tech and cultural currents shaping Silicon Valley, China, and beyond.

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