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Tengyu Ma

Assistant Professor, Stanford; Chief AI Scientist, MongoDB; co-founder of Voyage AI, Stanford University

Stanford machine-learning theorist who co-founded embedding-model startup Voyage AI (acquired by MongoDB in 2025 for about $220M) and became MongoDB's chief AI scientist.123

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Current roles
Assistant Professor, Stanford; Chief AI Scientist, MongoDB; co-founder of Voyage AI +2 more
Sources cited
3
Profile reviewed

Accomplishments

  • Assistant Professor, Stanford; Chief AI Scientist, MongoDB; co-founder of Voyage AI at Stanford University.1

Research and appointments

Stanford machine-learning theorist who co-founded embedding-model startup Voyage AI (acquired by MongoDB in 2025 for about $220M) and became MongoDB's chief AI scientist.123

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References

3 sources · profile reviewed Oct 24, 2026 · data updated Oct 24, 2026

  1. Tengyu Ma — websiteTengyu Ma · Official page · accessed Oct 24, 2026
  2. Tengyu Ma — LinkedInLinkedIn · Official page · accessed Oct 24, 2026
  3. https://www.inc.com/chloe-aiello/voyage-ai-just-sold-for-220-million-after-launching-less-than-two-years-ago/91151766Source · accessed Oct 24, 2026