# Xiaodi Hou: person

Canonical ID: `69fcb823-b665-481b-ad1d-fa0baff2d895`

Founder and CEO of Bot Auto (autonomous trucking, Houston); previously co-founder and CTO/CEO of TuSimple (departed 2023). PhD from Caltech.

- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Bot Auto](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/bot-auto.md) Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)

## Foundings (2)

- [TuSimple](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/tusimple.md) founded 2015-01-01 (cofounder) _no longer at company_
- [Bot Auto](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/bot-auto.md) (sole)

## Former / Previously (1)

- [TuSimple](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/tusimple.md) Co-founder & CTO/CEO (former) (secondary-verified)

## Education (2)

- California Institute of Technology PhD, Computation & Neural Systems
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University BEng, Computer Science

## Sources (1)

1. https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/02/tusimple-founder-xiaodi-hou-is-back-with-a-new-autonomous-truck-startup/


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