Leo Cui holds a Harvard Bioengineering PhD and did a postdoc in Feng Zhang's lab at the Broad Institute, and his research led to patents, papers, two startup spinouts in cancer diagnostics and drug discovery, a technology licensed to Quanterix, and his work helping found and expand Nucleate across multiple U.S. cities. He has also built AskLeo, software based on his own investment process that helps founders stress-test their ideas and pitch decks, and he regularly breaks down technical topics like AI infrastructure and quantum computing for founders and operators.