Summary
Yicong Ma is a founder and CEO with 15 years of technical and product experience, now building AI-driven post-production solutions for film, TV and online media using super-resolution and 4K remastering technologies. Previously he led personalization efforts at Smule, combining algorithm, content and data work to improve user experience, and earlier worked as a data scientist at IBM. He brings a research-first mindset from a PhD in physics (UC San Diego) and a background in condensed and soft matter physics, which informs his rigorous, measurement-driven approach to product and ML engineering. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Yicong blends deep quantitative expertise with hands-on startup leadership, turning complex research into practical media workflows.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
B.S. Physics, B.S. Physics at University of Science and Technology of China