# Teng Ren

> Teng Ren is the Singapore-based founder and CEO of AI Rudder, which develops multilingual conversational AI for enterprise customer communication. A CooTek co-founder and former chief data officer, he worked on the TouchPal input engine before founding AI Rudder in 2019. His public interviews discuss localization, practical AI applications, executive education, rowing and family life.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at AI Rudder
- **Organizations:** AI Rudder, CooTek
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Chinese EMBA, Intake 32, National University of Singapore
- **Known for:** Silver medal in China’s National Olympiad in Informatics, as described by AI Rudder., Co-founded CooTek and led its input-engine and big-data work before its 2018 NYSE listing., Founded AI Rudder in 2019; the company announced a US$50 million Series B in March 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Co-founded CooTek while still at university.
- **2010** — Graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and joined CooTek full time; worked on the TouchPal Smart Input engine.
- **2012-2015** — Principal architect responsible for CooTek’s Big Data Department.
- **2015** — Became CooTek’s chief data officer in July.
- **2018** — CooTek’s IPO prospectus listed Ren as chief data officer; the company listed on the NYSE.
- **2019** — Founded AI Rudder.
- **2021** — AI Rudder moved its headquarters from Shanghai to Singapore.
- **2022** — AI Rudder announced a US$50 million Series B in March.
- **2023** — Featured in an NUS Chinese EMBA interview as a member of Intake 32.
- **2025** — Named among Forbes China’s globalization leading figures.
- **2026** — AI Rudder announced his inclusion in Fortune China’s 40 Under 40.

## Achievements

- Silver medal in China’s National Olympiad in Informatics, as described by AI Rudder.
- Co-founded CooTek and led its input-engine and big-data work before its 2018 NYSE listing.
- Founded AI Rudder in 2019; the company announced a US$50 million Series B in March 2022.
- NUS Chinese EMBA Overseas Entrepreneur Scholarship, first-prize recipient.
- Included in Forbes China’s 2025 globalization leading figures selection.
- Named to Fortune China’s 2026 40 Under 40, according to AI Rudder’s September 25, 2026 announcement.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — AI Rudder announced that Teng Ren was named to Fortune China’s 2026 40 Under 40 on September 25.
- **2026-10** — Listed as a judge for the CALL-E: Your Code Is Calling hackathon; the event site lists October 19, 2026.
- **2025-11** — Forbes China listed Ren among the leading figures in its 2025 globalization 30 & 30 selection.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/teng-ren
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/renteng

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Last updated: 2026-10-13