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Ling Fan

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Founder & CEO at Tezign

United States

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About

Ling Fan is the founder and CEO of Tezign.com, a venture-backed technology company offering a platform-based design and creative talent solution, and is currently a builder at atypica.AI. He founded and directs the Tongji x Tezign Design & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Tongji University, and his recognitions include being named a World Economic Forum Global Young Leader, an inaugural M+/Design Trust design fellow in 2014, and an Aspen Institute China Fellow. He holds degrees from Harvard and Princeton and taught for seven years at the University of California, Berkeley, and the China Central Academy of Fine Arts.

Founder & CEO at Tezign

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Cherubic VenturesGrand Cayman · $220K – $27M checksHearst VenturesTel Aviv · $2M – $5M checksLinear CapitalShanghai · $1M – $10M checksTemasekSingapore · since 2021

Experience

  1. atypica.AIBuildercurrent2025 — present
  2. Tezign 特赞Founder & CEOcurrent2015 — presentShanghai, China
  3. Tongji UniversityProfessor in Design AIcurrent2016 — presentShanghai, China
  4. China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)Member of Corporate Advisory Boardcurrent2026 — present
  5. World Economic ForumYoung Global Leaderscurrent2017 — present
  6. World Economic ForumGlobal Future Council Member2019 — 2022
  7. The Aspen InstituteChina Fellowcurrent2016 — present
  8. C-FoundationMember Board Of Trustees2017 — 2018Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
  9. University of California, BerkeleyLecturer2013 — 2015berkeley, california
  10. Harvard UniversityTeaching Fellow2012 — 2013Cambridge, Massachusetts
  11. Princeton University Center for Architecture, Urbanism and InfrastructureResearcher2008 — 2011beijing
  12. Oslo School of Architecture and DesignVisiting Lecturer2008Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Skills & more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)1Design Research36Architectural Design24Architecture15Urbanism6User Interface Design6Urban Design22User Experience Design3Sustainability4Entrepreneurship4Human Computer Interaction1Design Thinking8
+4 moreTheory and Criticism初创企业创业设计研究

Languages Chinese · English · Shanghainese

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Who is Ling Fan?
Ling Fan is the founder and CEO of Tezign.com, a venture-backed technology company offering a platform-based design and creative talent solution, and is currently a builder at atypica.AI. He founded and directs the Tongji x Tezign Design & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Tongji University, and his recognitions include being named a World Economic Forum Global Young Leader, an inaugural M+/Design Trust design fellow in 2014, and an Aspen Institute China Fellow. He holds degrees from Harvard and Princeton and taught for seven years at the University of California, Berkeley, and the China Central Academy of Fine Arts.
Where does Ling Fan work?
Ling Fan is Founder & CEO of Tezign.
What companies did Ling Fan found?
Ling Fan founded Tezign.
Where did Ling Fan go to school?
Ling Fan studied at Harvard University (Doctor); Princeton University (Master's degree); Tongji University (Bachelor's degree).

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