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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CTO.\n\nJacob (Xijing) Dai is a co-founder of Airwallex and was its chief technology officer at its founding in Melbourne in 2015. A University of Melbourne alumnus, he joined Jack Zhang and Max Li in starting the payments and foreign-exchange company.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-dai-615956110/\n\n## What Jacob builds\n\n- [Airwallex Spend and Issuing](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airwallex.md), graded B, 68.3/100, in Spend management \u0026 procurement. Airwallex is a multi-currency business account with company cards, expense management and bill pay. Its REST API issues and controls cards, reads card transactions and expenses, and creates vendors, purchase orders and bills. A CLI and MCP server use OAuth. Co-founder and CTO, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Jack Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jack-zhang/), Co-founder and CEO\n- [Ki Lok Wong](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ki-lok-wong/), Co-founder and Principal Architect\n- [Lucy Yueting Liu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/lucy-yueting-liu/), Co-founder and President\n- [Max L.](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/max-l/), Co-founder; specific operating title unverified\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Gobi Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gobi-partners/)\n- [Gravity VC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gravity-vc/)\n- [Huashan Capital One](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/huashan-capital-one/)\n- [Tencent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tencent/)\n- [Sequoia Capital China](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital-china/)\n- [Mastercard](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mastercard/)\n- [Square Peg](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/square-peg/)\n- [Lone Pine Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lone-pine-capital/)\n- [G Squared](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/g-squared/)\n- [Vetamer Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vetamer-capital/)\n- [1835i Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/1835i-ventures/)\n- [DST Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dst-global/)\n- [Salesforce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/salesforce/)\n- [Hermitage Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hermitage-capital/)\n- [HostPlus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hostplus/)\n- [Blackbird Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blackbird-ventures/)\n- [Airtree](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/airtree/)\n- [Visa Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/visa-ventures/)\n- [Addition](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/addition/)\n- [T. Rowe Price](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/t-rowe-price/)\n- [Activant Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/activant-capital/)\n- [Lingotto](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lingotto/)\n- [Robinhood Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/robinhood-ventures/)\n- [TIAA Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiaa-ventures/)\n- [Baillie Gifford](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/baillie-gifford/)\n- [Hummingbird Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hummingbird-ventures/)\n- [QED Investors](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/qed-investors/)\n- [Hedosophia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hedosophia/)\n- [Haun Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/haun-ventures/)\n- [Washington University in St. Louis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/washington-university-in-st-louis/)\n- [Amex Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/amex-ventures/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Jacob Dai?\n\nJacob (Xijing) Dai is a co-founder of Airwallex and was its chief technology officer at its founding in Melbourne in 2015. A University of Melbourne alumnus, he joined Jack Zhang and Max Li in starting the payments and foreign-exchange company.\n\n### What does Airwallex make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Airwallex Spend and Issuing from Airwallex. Airwallex is a multi-currency business account with company cards, expense management and bill pay. Its REST API issues and controls cards, reads card transactions and expenses, and creates vendors, purchase orders and bills. A CLI and MCP server use OAuth.\n\n### Who has invested in Airwallex?\n\nThe sources our research read name Gobi Partners, Gravity VC, Huashan Capital One, Tencent, Sequoia Capital China, Mastercard, Square Peg, Lone Pine Capital, G Squared, Vetamer Capital, 1835i Ventures, DST Global, Salesforce, Hermitage Capital, HostPlus, Blackbird Ventures, Airtree, Visa Ventures, Addition, T. Rowe Price, Activant Capital, Lingotto, Robinhood Ventures, TIAA Ventures, Baillie Gifford, Hummingbird Ventures, QED Investors, Hedosophia, Haun Ventures, Washington University in St. Louis and Amex Ventures.\n\n### How are Jacob's tools graded?\n\nAirwallex Spend and Issuing is graded B, 68.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jack-zhang-05200222_airwallex-ceo-co-founder-jack-zhang-the-activity-7332803678036234240-3Jql\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-zhang-05200222\n- https://sg.linkedin.com/in/awxlucy\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-dai-615956110/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxbydesign/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ki-lok-wong-75233410/\n- https://www.airwallex.com/en-uk\n- https://www.airwallex.com/en-uk/who-we-are\n- https://help.airwallex.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new\n- https://help.airwallex.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new?ticket_form_id=900000106806\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. 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