minn kim

entrepreneur, writer, technologist in pursuit of all that is good and worth fighting for

Working on building solutions that enable step changes in human agency. I founded Lighthouse because I believe the world’s best and brightest deserve a real shot at building the future in the U.S., and a visa shouldn’t be a blocker.

I think about how technology accelerates what’s possible and how we build institutions worthy of our ambitions. Since 2014, I’ve been writing to explore the way technology shapes humanity, share lessons learned from startups, and understand what makes a life well lived. I was born in South Korea and now call San Francisco home.

If you enjoy type two fun and quality conversation, you can find me @minney_cat or Email.

Some things I’ve worked on:

• Applying automation to a historical broken immigration process at Lighthouse, so that the most ambitious people from anywhere can build here
• Learning the ways our immigration system underserves startups as co-founder of Plymouth Street
• Building On Deck’s global accelerator to connect thousands of ambitious founders globally
• Understanding how AI will change the future of work investing in exceptional founders at Bloomberg Beta

✍️ Skilled Immigration is a National Security Priority
✍️ Silicon Valley’s Best Kept Secret for Skilled Immigration
🎙️ Industrial Progress, Immigration, and the American Dream (Narratives podcast)
🎙️ The Gift of Global Talent, Techno-optimism and building community (The Deep End podcast)
🎙️ America is Open for Business (Infinite Loops podcast)
🎙️ Immigration, Innovation, and the Future of Human Agency (The Rhys Show)
▶️ Robotics Showcase — 19 of the year’s most exciting robotics and AI startups

(Inactively) Elsewhere:
💼 LinkedIn
✍️ Substack or Medium
📸 Instagram