Stephen Li at AOTU
CEO And Founder at City of Saratoga
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen L is a technology leader and entrepreneur based in San Francisco, currently CEO and founder of Aotu.ai where he guides the development of an AI OS for smart computers and the BrainFrame platform. With over a decade of experience across Qualcomm, Motorola, and Magic Leap, he has shaped mobile and embedded software—from Android OS initiatives to mixed-reality software leadership—shipping at scale across billions of devices. As co-founder of AOTU, he released BrainFrame, the world's first smart vision OS with plug-and-play computer vision and deep neural network support. He also served as OpenCV Hardware Board Chair (2019–2023) and volunteers on the City of Saratoga Traffic Safety Commission since 2023, reflecting his commitment to community and open hardware ecosystems. Stephen holds an MS in Information Technology from Northwestern University and a BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nanjing University of Science and Technology. Based in the Bay Area, he blends hands-on engineering depth with strategic product leadership to turn ambitious AI and OS concepts into real-world, scalable systems.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyMaster of Science - MS, Information Technology, Master of Science - MS, Information Technology at Northwestern University
Github Skills (32)
recommendation-system9
openvino9
diffusion-models9
nlp9
computer-vision9
speech-recognition8
deep-learning8
natural-language-processing8
ai8
generative-ai8
inference8
stable-diffusion8
inference-engine8
qt48
pyside68
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
aotuai/brainframe-qt
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
🧠🖼️ The official desktop client for BrainFrame, made with Qt
Contributions:31 commits, 1 PR, 85 pushes in 11 months
qt6pyside6qt4qt5gui
opencv/open_vision_capsules
Apr 2023 - Nov 2024
A set of libraries for encapsulating smart vision algorithms
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
computer-visionvision
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