Meet the Chinese AI star who splashed a reported US$70m on a California mansion

Tony Wu Yuhuai, co-founder of Elon Musk’s AI lab, reportedly buys 12-acre estate, putting a spotlight on China’s Silicon Valley talent

Wu appeared to be the buyer of a 12-acre (4.8 hectare) estate in Hillsborough, an affluent area in California close to Silicon Valley, according to a report by The San Francisco Standard last week.

The luxury estate features a private nine-hole golf course, a 150-seat outdoor amphitheatre and a 2,100-gallon saltwater aquarium among other amenities, according to the report.

Wu, who left xAI earlier this year, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.

after his stint at Google as a research scientist from 2021. Before that, Wu interned at OpenAI and Google’s DeepMind team as a research scientist.

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