# Snow Huo

> Snow Huo is the co-founder and CEO of Langfinity (formerly Byrdhouse), a San Francisco AI company building real-time voice and video translation across 100+ languages for global teams. A former remote Chinese interpreter and product leader at Groupon, Chowbus, and Disney, she moved to the US at 17 and was teased for not speaking English - an experience that became the founding seed for a tool that lets people understand each other instantly, no matter the language they speak.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Langfinity
- **Organizations:** Langfinity, Byrdhouse, On Deck, Chowbus, Groupon, The Walt Disney Company
- **From:** China
- **Nationality:** Chinese-American
- **Education:** Music & International Relations, Mount Holyoke College, Music Theory and Composition, Universite Paul Valery - Montpellier III, CS50 (Computer Science), Harvard University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Langfinity (formerly Byrdhouse), real-time AI translation for 100+ languages, Byrdhouse named to Slator's 2024 list of 50-under-50 Language AI startups, Spoke at SlatorCon London 2024 on building a real-time AI speech translation startup

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Joined the opening team of Shanghai Disneyland at The Walt Disney Company
- **2019** — Product Manager, Consumer Product at Groupon
- **2020** — Head of Consumer Product at Chowbus
- **2021** — Founder Fellow in On Deck's ODF9 cohort
- **2022** — Co-founded Byrdhouse (later Langfinity) and became CEO
- **2024** — Spoke at SlatorCon London; named to Slator's 50-under-50 Language AI startups list

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Langfinity (formerly Byrdhouse), real-time AI translation for 100+ languages
- Byrdhouse named to Slator's 2024 list of 50-under-50 Language AI startups
- Spoke at SlatorCon London 2024 on building a real-time AI speech translation startup
- Raised seed funding, including backing from VEST Her Ventures
- Served as a remote Chinese interpreter for the California Department of Public Health

## Latest updates

- **2024-05** — Spoke at SlatorCon London 2024 as Co-Founder & CEO of Byrdhouse AI
- **2024-12** — Company rebranded from Byrdhouse to Langfinity, expanding into industry-specific real-time translation for global business

## Links

- Website: https://langfinity.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xue-snow-huo/

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Last updated: 2026-06-21