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Zheren Hu (Ben)

Co-founder & CTO at Liulishuo

Ben Hu's work experience began in 2005 as a Commercial Consultant Intern at General Electric. In 2006, they worked as a Research Assistant at the Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of Arizona. Following this, they served as a Visiting Student Intern at Microsoft Research Asia, where they developed a new mobile input device. Ben went on to work as a Technology MBA Intern at Bank of America in 2007. From 2008 to 2010, they were a Software Engineer at World Evolved Services, LLC. In 2010, they joined Quantcast as a Software Engineer. In 2011, Ben co-founded the company miihuu. In 2012, they co-founded Liulishuo and became its Co-Founder & CTO. Zheren (Ben) then held the roles of Co-Founder, CTO & Head of Adult English at Liulishuo from 2018 to 2019.

Zheren (Ben) Hu holds a Master's Degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Engineering ACM Class from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Zheren (Ben) also participated as an exchange student at The University of Hong Kong, studying Computer Science and Information Systems. Currently, Zheren (Ben) Hu is enrolled in a PhD Program in Management Information Systems at the University of Arizona.

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Liulishuo

Founded by Yi Wang, Hui Lin and Ben Hu in 2012, Liulishuo is the world's leading "AI + Education"​ company. The Company has developed the world's first “AI English Teacher” based on deep learning, which provides a personalized and adaptive learning path for every learner. It is proven to triple the learning efficiency (reduce the required learning time to one third) compared to human teachers by CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Language) standards, according to a study using the TOEIC Bridge Test from ETS. After years of accumulation, Liulishuo now has the world’s largest database of Chinese speaking English. On this basis, the company independently developed the world’s first multi-dimensional, multi-granularity auto scoring engine and adaptive learning system to provide users with a complete set of English learning solutions covering listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The Company’s flagship mobile app product "英语流利说"​ has more than 60 million registered users and over 600K paid users, from 379 cities in China and over 175 countries around the world. Liulishuo boasts the most vibrant online language learning community in China, and is recognized by Apple as “App Store Essentials” and “Best Apps of the Year”. Liulishuo recently closed its Series C round of funding of over $100 million, led by investors including IDG Capital, Trustbridge Partners, GGV Capital, CMC Capital Partners, Cherubic Ventures, Wu Capital and Hearst Ventures. We’ve working hard to attract the best talent and partners. Visit https://www.liulishuo.com/jobs.html to see our openings, and we can't wait to hear from you.


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Shanghai, China

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1,001-5,000

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