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Aaron Yu

Founder

Founder at QualGent

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedQualGent · YC

About

Aaron Yu is a former Tech Lead at Google who spent 5.5 years developing products including Android XR, Stadia, and Quick Share, with experience in mobile, AI/ML, connectivity, and systems architecture. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and previously conducted research at Nvidia and Berkeley Lab.

Founder at QualGentYC X25

Intro paths

YC

Aaron went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran QualGent's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Aaron can intro founders to QualGent's investors below.

QualGent's investors · 2

Leonis CapitalSan FranciscoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at QualGent

SAShivam Agrawal
Shivam AgrawalFounder

Experience

  1. QualGent (YC X25)CTO and Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. GoogleSoftware Engineer2019 — 2025Mountain View, California, United States
  3. NVIDIASoftware Engineer Intern2019Santa Clara, California, United States
  4. Berkeley LabResearch Intern2018Berkeley, California, United States

Skills & more

Machine Learning13Data Analysis13Software Development14Programming3

Languages Chinese · English · Malay

From Aaron's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Aaron Yu?
Aaron Yu is a former Tech Lead at Google who spent 5.5 years developing products including Android XR, Stadia, and Quick Share, with experience in mobile, AI/ML, connectivity, and systems architecture. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and previously conducted research at Nvidia and Berkeley Lab.
Where does Aaron Yu work?
Aaron Yu is Founder of QualGent.
What companies did Aaron Yu found?
Aaron Yu founded QualGent.
Where did Aaron Yu go to school?
Aaron Yu studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator (X25); Nanyang Junior College (Singapore-Cambridge GCE A level).

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