Frank Niu
Featured in: Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Business Insider, and Entrepreneur.
Background
I go all in on things.
At 17 I hit the 1,000 lb club. A few years later I was top 1% on the StarCraft 2 solo ladder. Then I speedran my tech career.
IBM, Credit Karma, Grubhub, then Netflix, where I became a Staff SRE making over $500K a year at 27.
By 30 I had saved enough that work was optional. So I quit and spent time with my family.
I started posting about careers, money, and how I got to financial independence. That turned into over 1 million followers.
After a while, talking about what I'd already done got boring. I wanted to build again.
So now I'm building Lyrin and Mirror.
Lyrin AI
I started Lyrin because I was trying to teach my kids Mandarin and every app I tried was basically flashcards.
You can memorize a thousand words and still freeze when someone actually talks to you.
Speaking is the most important part of learning a language, so we built Lyrin around speaking. It gives you feedback on grammar, fluency, and vocabulary, and it adjusts to your level.
Chinese and Japanese are live now. Your first week is free.
Mirror
Politicians, corporate insiders, and hedge funds have to disclose what they buy and sell. The filings are public and free.
Almost nobody reads them. They're scattered, late, and boring.
Mirror reads them for you.
Pick who you want to follow. Connect your brokerage. Set how much to put behind it. When a new trade gets disclosed, Mirror can copy it into your account.
We launch in Q4 2026. Early access spots are 50% off for a limited time.
What I Share
AI, money, tech, and building in public.
Plus whatever else I find interesting.