Yanjin Li

Yanjin Li is the CEO and Co-founder of TheSEA Inc., a Tokyo-based generative Al startup redefining creative production for the global beauty industry. With a background spanning data science, fashion, and advanced Al research, Yanjin leads a team building enterprise-grade creative tools adopted by global brands such as L'Oréal and KOSE Her company recently secured a $7 pre-A funding round and was selected for L'Oréal's Beauty Tech Atelier accelerator at Station F, Prior to founding TheSEA, Yanjin held senior data science roles at SmartNews and LINE Corporation. She is also pursuing a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence at The University of Tokyo, specializing in diffusion models and graph learning. Yanjin is passionate about merging human aesthetics with machine intelligence to empower designers and brands to create at scale - faster, smarter, and more beautifully.