# Tuan Cao

> Tuan Cao is the co-founder and CEO of Genetica and LIFE AI, biotech companies building AI-driven precision health for Asian populations. A Cornell-trained computer scientist who once redesigned Google's Ads reporting engine, he left a comfortable Silicon Valley career to decode genomes built for the nearly one billion people of East Asian descent that Western genetic tools serve poorly. His current venture, LIFE AI, is a Singapore-based foundational AI platform he calls the Intelligence Layer of Human Health, securing 15+ petabytes of genomic data on-chain and aiming to let people own and benefit from their own genetic data.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at LIFE AI and Genetica
- **Organizations:** LIFE AI, Genetica, Google (former), Datometry (former), Yahoo! (former)
- **From:** Hanoi, Vietnam
- **Nationality:** Vietnamese
- **Education:** Ph.D. in Computer Science (Distributed Systems and Databases), Cornell University, M.S. in Computer Science, Cornell University, B.E. in Computer Engineering (with distinction), Pune University, India
- **Known for:** Co-founded Genetica, the first AI-driven gene decoding company focused on Asian genomes, Raised $2.5M for Genetica from Silicon Valley investors including Dave Strohm, Craig Sherman and Guy Miasnik, Built Southeast Asia's largest genome sequencing center

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Earns Computer Engineering degree with distinction from Pune University, India
- **2007-2012** — Completes Ph.D. in Computer Science at Cornell University
- **Pre-2018** — Software engineer at Yahoo!, then senior software engineer at Google where he redesigned the Google Ads reporting engine
- **Pre-2018** — Principal research scientist / chief scientist at Datometry, San Francisco
- **2018** — Co-founds Genetica, applying AI to genetic analysis for Asian populations
- **2021** — Genetica raises $2.5M pre-Series A from Silicon Valley investors; 10,000+ users in first year
- **2022** — Partners with Oasis Labs on GeneNFT for tokenized genetic data ownership
- **2024** — Leads LIFE AI, a Singapore-based foundational AI platform for life sciences
- **2025** — LIFE AI joins FastTrack AI Accelerator powered by Gen AI and NVIDIA; Cao named to Tatler Most Influential List 2025 for Vietnam

## Achievements

- Co-founded Genetica, the first AI-driven gene decoding company focused on Asian genomes
- Raised $2.5M for Genetica from Silicon Valley investors including Dave Strohm, Craig Sherman and Guy Miasnik
- Built Southeast Asia's largest genome sequencing center
- Holds three US patents in database and data-management systems
- Published 10+ peer-reviewed papers at SIGMOD, VLDB, NSDI and HotNets
- Conducted the largest genetic study on autism in Southeast Asia for ~$10,000
- Helped Kalbe Farma launch a personalized stroke-prevention product in 6 weeks instead of 24 months
- Secured 15+ petabytes of genomic data on-chain via LIFE AI
- Named to Tatler Most Influential List 2025 for Vietnam

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Named to Tatler Most Influential List 2025 for Vietnam
- **2025** — LIFE AI joins the FastTrack AI Accelerator powered by Gen AI and NVIDIA

## Links

- Website: https://genetica.asia
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caotuan
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/genetica.asia/

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Last updated: 2026-06-21