Hi, I’m Yongchao Chen, an Assistant Professor at Tsinghua University’s College of AI and founder of ApexIntelligence.We’ve raised $50M in angel-stage funding last month.
My background: a bachelor’s from USTC, a PhD through joint training at Harvard and MIT, and research at Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and IBM.
My focus: self-evolving foundation models, robotics, and AI for Science.
The question driving my work: What if models could identify problems, form hypotheses, design experiments, validate results, and continuously improve through feedback—all on their own?
That’s what I’m working toward: enabling models to evolve themselves.
Here, I’ll share research insights, thoughts on recursive self-improvement, and lessons from building ApexIntelligence.
Researchers, founders, investors, and engineers: let’s exchange ideas and explore opportunities to work together.
Follow along, connect with me, and drop your questions in the replies. Ask me anything!