# Ethan Yuanming Hu

> Ethan Yuanming Hu is the founder and CEO of Meshy AI and the original author of the Taichi programming language. A Tsinghua Yao Class graduate and MIT EECS Ph.D., he moved from graphics and physical-simulation research into building tools for 3D creation. His doctoral work received MIT and SIGGRAPH recognition; his current work connects generative 3D, coding agents and interactive entertainment.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Meshy AI
- **Organizations:** Meshy AI, Taichi Graphics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tsinghua University
- **Education:** B.Eng. in Computer Science, Yao Class, Tsinghua University, M.Sc. in EECS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D. in EECS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Original author of the open-source Taichi programming language., 2022 MIT EECS George M. Sprowls Thesis Award., Honourable Mention, SIGGRAPH 2022 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Won gold at the China National Olympiad in Informatics and ranked first in the APIO China district, according to his LinkedIn honours.
- **2017** — Graduated from Tsinghua and joined MIT; Taichi already existed as an open-source graphics project.
- **2018** — Completed the ChainQueen master’s thesis with Wojciech Matusik; the research paper appeared in 2019.
- **2021** — Defended the Taichi doctoral thesis and co-founded Taichi Graphics with Ye Kuang.
- **2022** — Taichi Graphics raised a $50 million Series A; his thesis received MIT EECS and SIGGRAPH honours.
- **2024** — Publicly discussed Meshy as its co-founder and CEO, including the remaining technical challenges in generative 3D.
- **2026** — Presented at GDC and Code Class; Meshy announced Series B financing and subsequently detailed its Mora interactive-world research.

## Achievements

- Original author of the open-source Taichi programming language.
- 2022 MIT EECS George M. Sprowls Thesis Award.
- Honourable Mention, SIGGRAPH 2022 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award.
- Co-author of ChainQueen and PlasticineLab research.
- Led Meshy through its July 2026 announcement of nearly $400 million in Series B financing at a $1.5 billion valuation.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Meshy detailed Mora, an architecture combining coding agents, 3D generation and real-time video. Mora 1 was an early playable research demonstration; a general-purpose creation tool remained a longer-term goal.
- **2026-09** — Meshy launched Meshy 7.1 on September 16, adding Ultra 2K and Ultra 4K geometry modes.
- **2026-07** — Meshy announced nearly $400 million in Series B funding at a $1.5 billion valuation, reporting more than 12 million registered users and over 100 million models created.
- **2026-07** — Source Code Capital published Hu’s Code Class talk about coding agents and changes in company management.
- **2026-03** — Hu presented on AI-assisted production and AI-native gameplay at GDC 2026.

## Links

- Website: https://yuanming.taichi.graphics/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-yuanming-hu/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/YuanmingH
- GitHub: https://github.com/yuanming-hu
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ethanymh

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Last updated: 2026-10-25