Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ELSA. After leaving Viet Nam to pursue an MBA and Master’s in Education at Stanford University, Vu experienced at first hand how her strong Vietnamese accent led to misunderstandings and undervaluation of her ideas. This inspired her to create a solution for non-native English speakers. In 2015, she joined forces with Dr Xavier Anguera, a renowned speech technologist,
to launch ELSA Speak. ELSA is recognized by Forbes as one of the top companies using AI to change the world and ranks among the top five AI apps globally. With over 50 million users, ELSA continues to break barriers in communication. Vu was named as one of Inc.'s 2024 Female
Founders 250 and recognized as a 2023 EdTech Startup Women Leader by HolonIQ.