ForbesUnder30 Asia: From Edtech To The Metaverse, Meet The Young Entrepreneurs Innovating In Consumer Technology
Asia’s Forbes 30 Under 30 young entrepreneurs are on the forefront of developing new apps–from those for edtech t0 dating. Interest in Web3 apps is also increasing and these entrepreneurs are catering to that as well.in 2019 to enhance the new social experiences. Users of this free app can create and exchange 3D content, such as cuddly avatars and objects, in a drag-and-drop fashion. They can also make friends, chat with each other and start online battles in a recently added survivor mode.
Following the app’s launch last October, Feng quickly rolled out BUD in app stores around the world. She declines to disclose active user numbers, but the app was downloaded 12.5 million times from Google Play and Apple’s App Stores worldwide, according to analytics platform Sensor Tower. “From text to pictures then to videos, every generation has its preferred medium,” she says.
China-born Feng has the expertise to take BUD further. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics from Cornell University, she joined Snap in the U.S. in 2017 as an engineer with the augmented reality team. She worked on many of the messaging app’s popular filters, including a gender-swapping one. Together with Shawn Lin, a former Snap colleague, she spent almost two years honing BUD.
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