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  "markdown": "Co-founder.\n\nYuchen He is a co-founder of humans\u0026, a human-centric AI lab that launched in January 2026. Before humans\u0026, Yuchen He was a researcher at xAI and helped develop the Grok chatbot, TechCrunch reports.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuchen-he-learning\n\n## What Yuchen builds\n\n- [Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.md), graded F, 10.7/100, in Personal assistants. Boba is a free AI assistant people text over iMessage, RCS or SMS, one to one or in group chats. It plans with groups, answers questions, drafts messages, makes and edits images and writes songs. Co-founder, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Andi Peng](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andi-peng/), Co-founder of humans\u0026\n- [Eric Zelikman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-zelikman/), Co-founder and CEO\n- [Georges Harik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/georges-harik/), Co-founder\n- [Noah D. Goodman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/noah-d-goodman/), Co-founder\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [SV Angel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sv-angel/)\n- [Georges Harik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/georges-harik/)\n- [NVIDIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nvidia/)\n- [Jeff Bezos](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-bezos/)\n- [GV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gv/)\n- [Emerson Collective](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/emerson-collective/)\n- [Forerunner Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/forerunner-ventures/)\n- [S32](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/s32/)\n- [DCVC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dcvc/)\n- [Human Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/human-capital/)\n- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/liquid-2-ventures/)\n- [Felicis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/felicis/)\n- [CRV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/crv/)\n- [Exoscaleton](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/exoscaleton/)\n- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ame-cloud-ventures/)\n- [Palo Alto Growth Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/palo-alto-growth-capital/)\n- [Conviction](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/conviction/)\n- [Bloomberg Beta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bloomberg-beta/)\n- [E14](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/e14/)\n- [A\u0026E Investment](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/a-e-investment/)\n- [Zeta Holdings](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zeta-holdings/)\n- [Eric Zelikman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eric-zelikman/)\n- [Anne Wojcicki](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/anne-wojcicki/)\n- [Ralph Harik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ralph-harik/)\n- [Sarah Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sarah-liang/)\n- [Bill Maris](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bill-maris/)\n- [Marissa Mayer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/marissa-mayer/)\n- [James Hong](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/james-hong/)\n- [Stephen Balaban](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stephen-balaban/)\n- [Ying Sheng](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ying-sheng/)\n- [David Wallerstein](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-wallerstein/)\n- [Thomas Wolf](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thomas-wolf/)\n- [Mitesh Agrawal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mitesh-agrawal/)\n- [Nikola Petrov Borisov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nikola-petrov-borisov/)\n- [Yuhuai (Tony) Wu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/yuhuai-tony-wu/)\n- [Igor Babuschkin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/igor-babuschkin/)\n- [Itamar Arel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/itamar-arel/)\n- [Sharon Zhou](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sharon-zhou/)\n- [Thomas Reardon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thomas-reardon/)\n- [Zak Stone](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zak-stone/)\n- [Logan Kilpatrick](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/logan-kilpatrick/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Yuchen He?\n\nYuchen He is a co-founder of humans\u0026, a human-centric AI lab that launched in January 2026. Before humans\u0026, Yuchen He was a researcher at xAI and helped develop the Grok chatbot, TechCrunch reports.\n\n### What does humans\u0026 ai, inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Boba from humans\u0026 ai, inc.. Boba is a free AI assistant people text over iMessage, RCS or SMS, one to one or in group chats. It plans with groups, answers questions, drafts messages, makes and edits images and writes songs.\n\n### Who has invested in humans\u0026 ai, inc.?\n\nThe sources our research read name SV Angel, Georges Harik, NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos, GV, Emerson Collective, Forerunner Ventures, S32, DCVC, Human Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, Felicis, CRV, Exoscaleton, AME Cloud Ventures, Palo Alto Growth Capital, Conviction, Bloomberg Beta, E14, A\u0026E Investment, Zeta Holdings, Eric Zelikman, Anne Wojcicki, Ralph Harik, Sarah Liang, Bill Maris, Marissa Mayer, James Hong, Stephen Balaban, Ying Sheng, David Wallerstein, Thomas Wolf, Mitesh Agrawal, Nikola Petrov Borisov, Yuhuai (Tony) Wu, Igor Babuschkin, Itamar Arel, Sharon Zhou, Thomas Reardon, Zak Stone and Logan Kilpatrick.\n\n### How are Yuchen's tools graded?\n\nBoba is graded F, 10.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://humansand.ai/\n- https://boba.humansand.ai/blog/\n- https://boba.app/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericzelikman\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/georges-harik-4579271\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-goodman-96a5a711a\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuchen-he-learning\n- https://andipeng.github.io\n- https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/humans-a-human-centric-ai-startup-founded-by-anthropic-xai-google-alums-raised-480m-seed-round/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/andipeng/\n- https://x.com/TheAndiPenguin\n- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/humansand_today-we-introduce-humans-a-human-centric-activity-7419411259638439955-94vd\n- https://x.com/humansand\n- https://boba.app/terms\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. 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