Joshua Xu is a technology entrepreneur who co-founded HeyGen, an AI video and avatar generation startup. Joshua Xu's Twitter Score is 56 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of September 2026, ranking #15,771 (top 5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Joshua Xu co-founded HeyGen and serves as its chief executive officer. HeyGen enables users to create realistic AI-generated avatars and video content, with the company's stated mission being to make visual storytelling broadly accessible. HeyGen was founded in 2020 and, per reporting around a June 2024 funding round, had raised a total of $74 million, including a $60 million raise at a $500 million valuation. That same round saw HeyGen ask Chinese investors IDG Capital, Baidu Ventures, HongShan, and ZhenFund to transfer their shares to US counterparts. Before founding HeyGen, Joshua Xu previously worked at Snap as an engineer.
Joshua Xu has accumulated 27,312 followers as of September 2026 across 1,215 posts on the platform. Joshua Xu has been mentioned by 9 accounts, with 13 total mentions.
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