# Yang Mu: founder, Megvii

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Co-founder of [Megvii](/companies/megvii), the Beijing-based AI company behind the Face++ computer vision platform. Co-founded Megvii in 2011 with Tsinghua University classmates Yin Qi and Tang Wenbin. Megvii became the world's largest third-party authentication software provider and was valued at $4 billion in 2019 before facing US Entity List sanctions.

- **Nationality:** Chinese
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Megvii](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/megvii.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)

## Sources (2)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megvii
2. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608598/when-a-face-is-worth-a-billion-dollars/


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