JJ Xu

JJ Xu is an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship. She founded TalkMeUp, an AI-powered SaaS platform focused on communication training and workforce development. Her academic work emphasizes entrepreneurship education and scalable AI-driven solutions for business innovation.

• MBA, Carnegie Mellon University (2018)
• MS in Microelectronics, Peking University (2012)
• BS in Microelectronics, Peking University (2009)

As an Adjunct Professor, JJ Xu teaches Lean Entrepreneurship courses at Tepper School of Business, covering business development frameworks. Her research interests include:

• AI applications in communication training
• Entrepreneurship ecosystems
• Workforce development technologies
• Business innovation strategies