Founder of a listed tool

Joshua Xu

Named behind 2 listings on Anchor Terminal.

Joshua Xu

Co-founder and CEO

Joshua Xu is co-founder and CEO of HeyGen, which makes AI video tools including personal avatars. He was previously a lead engineer at Snap, working on Snapchat ads ranking, machine learning and computational photography, and holds a master's degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.

What Joshua builds

  • HeyGen Voice BB · Text-to-speech

    HeyGen Voice is HeyGen's in-house text-to-speech model, heygen-voice-1, which speaks text in a voice cloned from one recording (instant) or from 20 minutes or more (professional), through HeyGen's v3 API.

    Co-founder and CEO, researched 26 October 2026 · the people behind it

  • HyperFrames E · Video generation

    HyperFrames turns HTML compositions into videos through a local CLI and preview studio. Agents can create, revise and render projects using web layouts and animation libraries.

    Co-founder and CEO, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it

Works with

  • Miguel Ángel Product/software engineer building HyperFrames
  • Wayne L. Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer

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Questions

Who is Joshua Xu?

Joshua Xu is co-founder and CEO of HeyGen, which makes AI video tools including personal avatars. He was previously a lead engineer at Snap, working on Snapchat ads ranking, machine learning and computational photography, and holds a master's degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.

What does HeyGen make?

Anchor Terminal lists HeyGen Voice and HyperFrames from HeyGen. HeyGen Voice is HeyGen's in-house text-to-speech model, heygen-voice-1, which speaks text in a voice cloned from one recording (instant) or from 20 minutes or more (professional), through HeyGen's v3 API.

Who has invested in HeyGen?

The sources our research read name Benchmark, Thrive Capital, BOND and Conviction.

How are Joshua's tools graded?

HeyGen Voice is graded BB, 71.1 out of 100; HyperFrames is graded E, 39.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

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