Dongxu
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at PingCAP
About
Dongxu (Ed) Huang is PingCAP's co-founder and CTO, leading the open-source distributed database TiDB.
Dongxu is a partner at Llama Ventures and solo GP at dxvc.ai.
Earlier roles include infrastructure software engineer at Wandou Labs, senior software engineer at NetEase Youdao, and a software development internship at Microsoft.
Dongxu studied software engineering at Northeastern University in China.
Experience
- TiDB, Powered by PingCAPCo-Founder | Chief Technology Officer2015 – Present
- dxvc.aiSolo GPFrom 2026
Llama VenturesPartnerFrom 2026
DifyInvestorFrom 2024
Novita AIInvestorFrom 2020
- Wandou LabsInfrastructure Software Engineer2012 – 2015
NetEase YoudaoSenior Software Engineer2010 – 2012
MicrosoftIntern in Software Development2009 – 2010
Education
At a glance
Co-authored Codis, a Redis clustering solution
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Work
- Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at TiDB, Powered by PingCAP since April 2015.
- A partner at Llama Ventures from May 2026.
- Solo GP at dxvc.ai from May 2026.
- An investor in Dify from June 2024.
- An investor in Novita AI from June 2020.
- Infrastructure software engineer at Wandou Labs from November 2012 to April 2015.
- Senior software engineer at NetEase Youdao from January 2010 to October 2012.
- Software development intern at Microsoft from June 2009 to January 2010.
- Llama Ventures invests early in AI-native companies, from infrastructure to vertical applications.
Projects
- Leads TiDB, an open-source distributed database.
- Co-authored Codis, a Redis clustering solution.
Education
- Studied for a bachelor's in software engineering at Northeastern University (CN) from January 2006 to 2010.
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