Christina Cai

COO and Co-founder, Lydia AI

Christina Cai is the co-founder and COO of Lydia AI, an applied AI company on a mission to insure the next billion people. She started her company as a recent graduate working at a two-table desk at the University of Toronto’s Innovation Centre.

Christina believes that scaling success comes from cultivating teams grounded in a strong mission and humble beginnings. Leading with empathy, she has guided the company through various growth stages, while focusing on leveraging technology to improve insurability on a global scale.

Established in 2015, Lydia AI is backed by Information Venture Partners, 500 Startups, and Kickstart Ventures. With offices in Toronto, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea, the company has garnered recognition in Gartner’s Market Guide for AI Startups, was named a Deloitte Companies-to-Watch in Canada, and won the Credit Suisse Social Impact Award.