American entrepreneur and technologist

Jack Phan

From refugee to internet pioneer to AI ecosystem builder — building technology with human impact.

Jack Phan is Founding Director of the Oregon AI Accelerator, a Google-backed program for the next generation of human-centered AI startups. (Hero wording is a draft pending Jack's approval — see placeholders.)

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The Divergence — a timeline in six branches

  1. 01 · The Crossing

    Origin — The Crossing

    Jack Phan came to the United States as an infant, a Vietnamese boat refugee. The crossing is where his story starts — a hook, not the whole of him.

  2. 02 · First Light

    Code — First Light

    At the dawn of the web, Jack Phan built the first algorithm to match homeowners with contractors online — a breakthrough that helped make the Yellow Pages obsolete for home services.

  3. 03 · The Exits

    Build — The Exits

    Jack Phan co-founded ReliableRemodeler.com, grew it onto the Inc. 500, and exited to QuinStreet (NASDAQ: QNST) in a deal valued at more than $25 million — then kept reinventing his own role across a string of companies.

  4. 04 · #ONCEUncle

    Resonance — #ONCEUncle

    On September 10, 2019, a single tweet during an Apple keynote made Jack Phan an unofficial mascot of the global TWICE fandom — known affectionately as #ONCEUncle.

  5. 05 · The Accelerator

    Now — The Accelerator

    Today Jack Phan is Founding Director of the Oregon AI Accelerator, a Google-backed program that gives 20 startups up to $50,000 in equity-free grants — and he uses that platform to champion underrepresented founders.

  6. 06 · Ferrari Brain, Bicycle Brakes

    Superpower — Ferrari Brain, Bicycle Brakes

    The throughline connecting every branch is a late-recognized neurodivergent mind — what Jack Phan calls a Ferrari brain with bicycle brakes: enormous horsepower, hard to slow down.