Summary
Ethan Tseng is a founder and CTO with 12 years of engineering and research experience, currently leading Cephia AI from San Francisco after a PhD candidacy in computer science at Princeton. His work blends computational photography and computer vision research with hands-on ML productization, informed by internships at Adobe and research roles at Princeton, CMU, and EPFL. Ethan has repeatedly moved ideas from lab to industry-ready code, focusing on practical imaging and vision systems that scale. He combines deep academic training with startup execution, comfortable shifting between publishing research and shipping features. A background that spans Carnegie Mellon undergraduate engineering and international schooling gives him a global, multidisciplinary perspective on problems. Outside of academia, he leverages his research-first approach to steer AI product strategy and technical architecture.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, International Baccalaureate Diploma, High School Diploma, International Baccalaureate Diploma at International School of Beijing
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Princeton University