About
Harry Zheng previously worked at Google and TikTok, where he helped develop and scale TikTok Shop Ads. He co-founded Speaking AI, a text-to-speech model company, and is now co-founder of YouArt.
Founder at YouArtYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Harry went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran YouArt's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Harry can intro founders to YouArt's investors below.
YouArt's investors · 1
Co-founders at YouArt
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Edward MaFounder
Experience
- YouArtFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — present
- Stealth StartupCo-Foundercurrent2024 — present
- TikTokSoftware Engineer, Tech Lead2021 — 2024
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2019 — 2021
- Alibaba GroupFull Stack Engineer Internship2018
Skills & more
C++3Java4Linux3PythonNode.jsiOSAlgorithmsComputer VisionMEAN
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Harry Zheng?
- Harry Zheng previously worked at Google and TikTok, where he helped develop and scale TikTok Shop Ads. He co-founded Speaking AI, a text-to-speech model company, and is now co-founder of YouArt.
- Where does Harry Zheng work?
- Harry Zheng is Founder of YouArt.
- What companies did Harry Zheng found?
- Harry Zheng founded YouArt.
- Where did Harry Zheng go to school?
- Harry Zheng studied at Cornell University (Master, Computer Engineering); Harbin Institute of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Electronic Information Science and Technology); Y Combinator.
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Cornell University mafia218
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Shared employers
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