# Yuchen He

> Yuchen He is co-founder. Boba on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder.

Yuchen He is a co-founder of humans&, a human-centric AI lab that launched in January 2026. Before humans&, Yuchen He was a researcher at xAI and helped develop the Grok chatbot, TechCrunch reports.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuchen-he-learning

## What Yuchen builds

- [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.

## Works with

- [Andi Peng](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andi-peng/), Co-founder of humans&
- [Eric Zelikman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-zelikman/), Co-founder and CEO
- [Georges Harik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/georges-harik/), Co-founder
- [Noah D. Goodman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/noah-d-goodman/), Co-founder

## Backed by

- [SV Angel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sv-angel/)
- [Georges Harik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/georges-harik/)
- [NVIDIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nvidia/)
- [Jeff Bezos](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-bezos/)
- [GV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gv/)
- [Emerson Collective](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/emerson-collective/)
- [Forerunner Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/forerunner-ventures/)
- [S32](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/s32/)
- [DCVC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dcvc/)
- [Human Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/human-capital/)
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/liquid-2-ventures/)
- [Felicis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/felicis/)
- [CRV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/crv/)
- [Exoscaleton](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/exoscaleton/)
- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ame-cloud-ventures/)
- [Palo Alto Growth Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/palo-alto-growth-capital/)
- [Conviction](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/conviction/)
- [Bloomberg Beta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bloomberg-beta/)
- [E14](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/e14/)
- [A&E Investment](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/a-e-investment/)
- [Zeta Holdings](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zeta-holdings/)
- [Eric Zelikman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eric-zelikman/)
- [Anne Wojcicki](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/anne-wojcicki/)
- [Ralph Harik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ralph-harik/)
- [Sarah Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sarah-liang/)
- [Bill Maris](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bill-maris/)
- [Marissa Mayer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/marissa-mayer/)
- [James Hong](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/james-hong/)
- [Stephen Balaban](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stephen-balaban/)
- [Ying Sheng](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ying-sheng/)
- [David Wallerstein](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-wallerstein/)
- [Thomas Wolf](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thomas-wolf/)
- [Mitesh Agrawal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mitesh-agrawal/)
- [Nikola Petrov Borisov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nikola-petrov-borisov/)
- [Yuhuai (Tony) Wu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/yuhuai-tony-wu/)
- [Igor Babuschkin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/igor-babuschkin/)
- [Itamar Arel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/itamar-arel/)
- [Sharon Zhou](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sharon-zhou/)
- [Thomas Reardon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thomas-reardon/)
- [Zak Stone](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zak-stone/)
- [Logan Kilpatrick](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/logan-kilpatrick/)

## Questions

### Who is Yuchen He?

Yuchen He is a co-founder of humans&, a human-centric AI lab that launched in January 2026. Before humans&, Yuchen He was a researcher at xAI and helped develop the Grok chatbot, TechCrunch reports.

### What does humans& ai, inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Boba from humans& 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.

### Who has invested in humans& ai, inc.?

The 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&E 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.

### How are Yuchen's tools graded?

Boba is graded F, 10.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://humansand.ai/
- https://boba.humansand.ai/blog/
- https://boba.app/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericzelikman
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/georges-harik-4579271
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-goodman-96a5a711a
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuchen-he-learning
- https://andipeng.github.io
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/humans-a-human-centric-ai-startup-founded-by-anthropic-xai-google-alums-raised-480m-seed-round/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/andipeng/
- https://x.com/TheAndiPenguin
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/humansand_today-we-introduce-humans-a-human-centric-activity-7419411259638439955-94vd
- https://x.com/humansand
- https://boba.app/terms

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