Yu Liu (entrepreneur)

Liu Yu
Native name 刘禹
Born 1986 (age 31–32)
Beijing, China
Residence Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Alma mater Vassar College
Occupation Entrepreneur

Yu Liu (Chinese: 刘禹; born in 1986), also known as Eric Liu, is a Chinese entrepreneur and the founder of One Cloud Technologies[1][2] (operations and patents acquired by Alibaba Group[3][4]). Since 2015, Liu has been the head of Alibaba Group's language business unit.[5] Liu is also a member of LocWorld's advisory committee[6] and a special advisor to Mobike.[7]

Early life

Liu was born in Beijing, China. He attended high school at Shanghai High School and received his bachelor degree from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. While in college, he was the managing editor of the campus daily, the Vassar Miscellany News.[8][9][10]

Career

In 2011, Liu built the 365Fanyi (365翻译)/ Zuodao (做到) dual-site crowdsourcing platform, one of the earliest and largest Internet-based language services in China,[11][12][13] and was selected to be a 2011 Ashoka Changemaker,[14] the only finalist from the country. The platform had been operated by One Cloud Technologies until Alibaba announced its acquisition in August 2015.[15][16][17][18] Early investors included Xu Xiaoping, Anna Fang,[19] Zhenfund, Sequoia China and CBC Capital.[20][21]

After the acquisition, Liu joined Alibaba Group to become the head of its language business unit. During his keynote speech at TAUS Annual Conference 2016[22] in Portland, Liu stated that the mission of Alibaba's language unit is to "prepare for a future without language barriers".[23] In January 2017, Liu announced that Alibaba will make a significant investment to integrate artificial intelligence into language technologies.[24] Aside from his role at Alibaba, Liu is a special advisor to Mobike.[25]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Liu Yu: Builder of a Language Ecosystem". People's Daily.
  2. ↑ "Yu Liu - Entrepreneur and Founder of 365Fanyi". 虎嗅.
  3. ↑ "Alibaba Patent Portfolio Swells Since IPO". PatentVue by Envision IP. 2015-09-30.
  4. ↑ Bodrog, Andy (2016-10-27). "From Copying To Creating: Chinese Tech Firms Eyeing Global Expansion". Seeking Alpha.
  5. ↑ "Eric Liu on the Launch of Alibaba Language Services | Slator". Slator. 2016-06-21.
  6. ↑ "Advisory Committee". LocWorld.
  7. ↑ "EHF Fellow: Yu Liu (Eric)" – via EHF.
  8. ↑ "Eric Liu - A Techie Tries to Communicate with the World". Sohu.
  9. ↑ "BTV Entrepreneur Profile Liu Yu". BTV.
  10. ↑ "Internet Language Pioneer Eric Liu". FromGeek.
  11. ↑ "Profile: Yu Liu of 365Fanyi". Xinmin.
  12. ↑ Hockenberry, Alison Craiglow (2011-08-05). "Getting Real on Job Creation". The Huffington Post.
  13. ↑ "Alibaba Acquires the Largest Crowdsourcing Translation Platform". TechWeb.
  14. ↑ "Using crowdsourcing and technology to empower underprivileged talent with fair and flexible work opportunities - China". Changemakers.
  15. ↑ "365fanyi: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". Bloomberg.
  16. ↑ "Alibaba Acquires Online Translation Platform 365 Fanyi To Boost Cross-Border Ecommerce". TechNode. 2015-08-21.
  17. ↑ Writer, Staff. "Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Acquire Online Translator 365Fanyi". China Business News.
  18. ↑ "Alibaba: Adding The Pieces To Cross-Border Ecommerce". Seeking Alpha. 2015-08-24.
  19. ↑ Asia, Forbes. "Asia's Power Businesswomen, 2016: Ones To Watch". Forbes.
  20. ↑ "365 Fanyi - CB Insights".
  21. ↑ "Alibaba Acquires Zhen Fund, CBC-Backed 365Fanyi". China Money Network. 2015-08-21.
  22. ↑ Meer, Anne-Maj van der. "TAUS Annual Conference 2016 - Keynote Speakers". TAUS.
  23. ↑ "Keynotes Summer 2016 - TAUS". www.taus.net.
  24. ↑ "Eric Liu of Alibaba on Language in a Globalised World" – via Jiemian.
  25. ↑ "EHF Fellow: Yu Liu (Eric)" – via EHF.
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