Yvonne Hao
Yvonne Hao is Chief Operating Officer and General Partner at Flagship Pioneering, a Cambridge-based biotech venture capital and scientific innovation firm. She joined Flagship in 2025 after serving as Secretary of the Executive Office of Economic Development for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and previously held senior operating and investing roles at Cove Hill Partners, Bain Capital, and PillPack, where she led the company's sale to Amazon in 2018. She is known for advocating optimism and collaboration in Massachusetts' technology and AI sectors, drawing on over 25 years of experience across corporate leadership, private equity, and public service.
“She talked a lot about 'paranoid optimism' around AI... Without hesitation she picked the former [AI curing disease over creating a bioweapon].”
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