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Zhang Mo (Entrepreneur, Founder/CEO of Yi+ and Dress+)

Early Life and Education:

Ms. Zhang was born in Beijing, China. She grew up in a family that's full of spirits in education. Her parents both work as professors in some top universities in China. When Ms. Zhang was still a young child, her mother was already starting to cultivate her interest in reading and having a mindset with curiosity to the world.

During the time she was in high school, she noticed the stereotype of only boys are able to handle/master all the science courses, and girls don't receive as much support as boys. This unfairness feeling became a huge motivation for her which eventually led her to study one of the hardest science majors, computer science. While she was studying software engineering as a grad school student at Peking University, she was involved in a competition and became the team leader to develop a computer game from scratch. This experience really helped her to realize what she truly passionate about and also what are the weaknesses that she still needs to improve. More importantly, this competition let her see what an entrepreneur's life looks like and eventually led her to pursue a second master degree in entrepreneurship at Nanyang Technological University(Singapore) and then studied at Stanford University(U.S.) as an exchange student.

Innovation and Career:

During the time she was studying at Stanford University, she developed the idea of "Yi+"(dress+) which is an AI-powered clothes searching engine that helps young people socialize and find clothes based on the image they provide. After encountered and overcame countless challenges and difficulties, her startup ultimately won the Silicon Valley Business Plan Competition and became a member of the Z-park Silicon Valley Innovation Center, meanwhile also received the five hundred thousand dollars angel investment from Dragon Venture. Then, she decided to transform Yi+ from a clothes searching engine into a company that's aiming to deepen the uses of AI to provide innovative and extraordinary marketing solutions to partners and users. Additionally, she separated out the clothing search engine from Yi+ into an individual company, Dress+.

In 2017, Ms. Zhang Mo was cherry-picked as one of China's top ten female tech entrepreneurs. This achievement was considered an incredible feat in an industry dominated by men. Under her leadership, Yi+ has grown from strength to strength in the short span of three years to become one of China's leading computer vision startups and cooperates with the top institutions and brands to provide intelligent analysis tools and interactive content marketing solutions across a variety of scenarios, including smart city development, new retail, and e-commerce.

Sources:

China's AI Awakening: Computer Vision Startup Yi+'s New Frontiers in Tech, Oct 27, 2017

Yi+ CEO Zhang Mo Shows NEW-TECH is Not Just for Guys at UN Banquet, Oct 10, 2018

5 Women Entrepreneurs You Need To Know In China, by Samantha Mei Topp, Feb 21, 2020