Sunghee Yun

Co-founder & CTO @ Erudio Bio, Inc., KFAS-Salzburg Global Leadership Initiative Fellow @ Salzburg Global Seminar, Adjunct Professor @ Sogang University, Advisory Professor @ DGIST

I am Co-founder & CTO @ Erudio Bio, Inc., CA, USA, Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO) @ WeStory.ai, CA, USA, Advisor & Evangelist @ CryptoLab, Inc., KFAS-Salzburg Global Leadership Initiative Fellow @ Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria, an Adjunct Professor of Department of Electronic Engineering @ Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea, an Advisory Professor of Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) @ Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), South Korea, Global Advisory Board Member @ Innovative Future Brain-Inspired Intelligence System Semiconductor of Sogang University, and Network Expert Consultant @ Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.

Before founding the new AI biotech company, I co-founded Gauss Labs, Inc., an industrial AI company, built and ran the US Headquarters of Gauss Labs, spearheaded research & development of the core technology & products as CTO, Global Head of Research, Chief Applied Scientist & Senior Fellow. Before Gauss Labs, I drove various AI technology and product developments and productionizations in the field of e-Commerce @ Amazon.com, Inc. where one of the projects created a 200 USD revenue increase via the Amazon Mobile Shopping App. Before Amazon, I worked for Software Research Center, Strategic Sales & Marketing Team, Design Technology Team & Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) Team of Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. where I developed diverse AI and optimization tools for semiconductor chip designers, manufacturing engineers & test engineers where more than 200 engineers still use the circuit optimization tools and generic AI optimization platform, dubbed iOpt, every day.

I received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea and MS & Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, CA, USA under supervision of Prof. Stephen P. Boyd, who is a legendary figure in the field. — Having him as my advisor was one of the luckiest things that have ever happened to my life!

I specialize in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Convex Optimization leading cutting-edge projects across diverse sectors including semiconductor design, strategic marketing with market intelligence, e-commerce, industrial AI, and biotech while driving business development, connecting people, and consulting people in diverse industries. My focus is on leveraging the AI technology especially around AI agents which essentially based on the recent breakthroughs of large language models (LLM) and multimodal generative AI (GenAI) to drive business innovation, predict industry trends, assess their broad impacts on society, economy, and policy, provide policy and technology recommendations by understanding and having differentiated insight into technology, industry, business, and markets.

As a KFAS-Salzburg Global Leadership Initiative Fellow, I develop actionable solutions for the challenges posed by a rapidly changing world by AI. My work focuses on “Technology, Growth, and Inequality: The Case of AI,” within the broader theme of “Uncertain Futures and Connections Reimagined: Connecting Technologies.” I also actively contribute to AI and semiconductor technology policy making, advising state and national governments while considering the geopolitical dynamics of key players like the US, China, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea.

I also dedicate to fostering knowledge, insight, and experience transfer and innovation by serving as an Adjunct Professor of Department of Electronic Engineering @ Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea, an Advisory Professor of Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) @ Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), South Korea, and Global Advisory Board Member @ Innovative Future Brain-Inspired Intelligence System Semiconductor of Sogang University.

My life goal is to help build a future where humanity thrives through the advancement of health, safety, liberty, and equality—foundational elements that pave the way to genuine happiness.

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Sunghee Yun is a distinguished technology leader and AI pioneer currently serving as Co-founder & CTO of Erudio Bio, Inc., Advisor and Evangelist at CryptoLab, Inc., and Chief Business Development Officer at WeStory.ai. His extensive experience in semiconductor and AI technologies includes notable contributions at Samsung Semiconductor, where he developed AI and optimization tools for chip design and manufacturing, followed by impactful work at Amazon.com where his innovations led to a $200M revenue increase through the Amazon Mobile Shopping App. He holds BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University and MS & Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University under Prof. Stephen P. Boyd, the world’s singular authority on convex optimization. Sunghee’s expertise spans agentic AI, large language models (LLMs), and multimodal generative AI (genAI), while serving in active roles as an Adjunct Professor at Sogang University, Advisory Professor at DGIST, and Global Advisory Board Member for Innovative Future Brain-Inspired Intelligence System Semiconductor at Sogang University, alongside his fellowship at KFAS-Salzburg Global Leadership Initiative.

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Sunghee Yun is a distinguished technology leader and AI pioneer currently serving as Co-founder & CTO of Erudio Bio, Inc., Advisor and Evangelist at CryptoLab, Inc., and Chief Business Development Officer at WeStory.ai. His extensive experience in semiconductor and AI technologies includes notable contributions at Samsung Semiconductor, where he developed AI and optimization tools for chip design, manufacturing, and testing—solutions that continue to be utilized daily by many Samsung engineers. Following his impactful work at Samsung, he drove AI technology development at Amazon.com, where his innovations led to a $200M revenue increase through the Amazon Mobile Shopping App. He holds BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University and MS & Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, where he studied under Prof. Stephen P. Boyd, the world’s singular authority on convex optimization. He uniquely masters every aspect of the field—from theoretical foundations to practical implementations, applications, and statistical methods.

Sunghee has consistently pushed the boundaries of technology across diverse sectors, from semiconductor design & manufacturing and e-Commerce to industrial AI and biotech. His expertise spans the development of agentic AIs leveraging large language models (LLMs), multimodal generative AI (genAI), and AI Agents. He currently serves in several active roles, including as an Adjunct Professor at Sogang University, Advisory Professor at DGIST, and Global Advisory Board Member for Innovative Future Brain-Inspired Intelligence System Semiconductor at Sogang University. He is also a KFAS-Salzburg Global Leadership Initiative Fellow, where he focuses on addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by AI technology in shaping our future.

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When joining Amazon in 2017

When joining Gauss Labs, Inc. in 2020

가우스랩스의 핵심이라고 할 수 있는 연구개발(R&D) 최고책임자는 아마존 출신의 윤성희 박사가 영입됐다. 윤 박사는 반도체, 전자상거래 등 다양한 산업현장에서 실력을 쌓은 AI 전문가로 알려졌다.

궁극적으로는 개발된 솔루션들을 융합해 산업 AI 플랫폼을 구축하는 것이 목표입니다. 개발된 애플리케이션 자체를 다양한 산업군에 그대로 적용하기는 어렵겠지만, 앱을 구성하는 기반 기술들은 다른 산업군에도 쉽게 적용할 수 있을 것입니다. 재사용 가능한 기반 기술들로 오픈 플랫폼을 구축해 SK하이닉스 구성원들은 물론, 반도체 장비, 클라우드, 소프트웨어 등 관련 업체들이 자유롭게 참여하고 발전시킬 수 있는 AI 플랫폼을 구축해 산업 AI의 혁신을 이뤄가도록 하겠습니다.

윤성희 담당

Gauss Labs hired Sunghee Yun from Amazon as its Chief R&D officer to lead the technology development. Sunghee Yun is a former research assistant and Ph.D. student at Stanford University's Stephen Boyd, a world-renowned authority in machine learning and Convex Optimization. He is an AI and optimization expert who has built up his skills in various industrial sites such as semiconductors and e-commerce.
가우스랩스는 기술 개발을 지휘할 R&D 최고책임자로 아마존 출신의 윤성희 박사를 영입했다. 윤성희 박사는 머신러닝(ML)과 컨벡스 최적화(Convex Optimization) 분야 권위자인 스탠퍼드대학교 스티븐 보이드(Stephen Boyd) 교수 연구실 출신으로 반도체, 전자상거래 등 다양한 산업 현장에서 실력을 쌓은 AI 및 최적화 전문가이다.
가우스랩스 R&D 조직의 수장인 윤성희 담당은 "궁극적으로 개발된 솔루션들을 융합해 산업 AI 플랫폼을 구축하는 것이 목표"라며 "기반 기술들로 오픈 플랫폼을 구축해 SK하이닉스 구성원들은 물론 반도체 장비, 클라우드, 소프트웨어 등 관련 업체들이 자유롭게 참여하고 발전시킬 수 있는 AI 플랫폼을 구축해 산업 AI의 혁신을 이뤄 나가겠다"고 말했다.
… 기술 개발을 지휘할 R&D 최고책임자로 아마존 출신의 윤성희 박사를 영입했다. 윤성희 박사는 머신 러닝과 컨벡스 최적화 분야의 세계적 권위자인 스탠퍼드대학교 스티븐 보이드 교수 연구실 출신으로 반도체, 전자상거래 등 다양한 산업 현장에서 실력을 쌓은 AI 및 최적화 전문가이다.