Sigil Wen

Sigil Wen

Founder of Extraordinary

Toronto, CanadaSan Francisco, CA

O1A
EB1A
FinderChatGPTThiel

In pursuit of great work. Angel investor & wannabe design engineer

Projects

Alien of Extraordinary Ability Hoodie
Created the Alien of Extraordinary Ability Hoodie, featured in the SF Standard article.
2024
Serendipity PRM
A client relationship management tool that achieved over $2.5K MRR in its first 14 days.
2022
Presented Serendipity to Patrick & John Collison at Stripe All Hands

Work Experience

Founder at Extraordinary.com
Founder at Extraordinary.com
We bring the world's best talent to America.
2024 - Now
Founding Engineer at Airchat
Founding Engineer at Airchat
Launched Airchat with Naval Ravikant. Recruited most of the team. Acquired by the largest exchange on Solana.
2023 - 2024
Launch of Airchat with Naval Ravikant

Membership

Thiel Fellowship
Thiel Fellowship
Thiel Fellow
2025
Selected as part of the 2025 class of Thiel Fellows
a16z
a16z
Scout
2024
Spearhead
Spearhead
Member
2024

Recognitions

O1A
O-1A Visa
GOT IT LFG!
EB1A
EB-1A Green Card
LFG

Features

The 'extraordinary alien underground' helping tech's skilled immigrants grab visas
The 'extraordinary alien underground' helping tech's skilled immigrants grab visas
sfstandard.com
For the talented strivers of tech, the visa struggle is real. A network of free advice-givers and paid consultants looks to lend a hand.
2024
The Dark, Democratizing Power of the Social-Media Stock Market
The Dark, Democratizing Power of the Social-Media Stock Market
www.newyorker.com
BitClout collapses everything—art, humor, personhood—into money, laying bare just who, and what, we are willing to pay for.
2021

Publications

How to be exceptional
How to be exceptional
sigilwen.com
On how to be exceptional :)
2023-01-01
Ego
Ego
sigilwen.ca
2024
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Education