About
Anna Sun previously held product and engineering roles at Datadog, DoorDash, and Amazon. She holds a degree in Computer Science from MIT.
Founder at NowadaysYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Anna went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Nowadays's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Anna can intro founders to Nowadays's investors below.
Nowadays's investors · 2
Co-founders at Nowadays
Experience
- Nowadays (YC S23)Co-Foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology2023 Class President2020 — 2023
- DatadogProduct Manager2022New York, New York, United States
- CBOH, Inc.Product Manager, App Developer2021Cambridge, MA
- DoorDashSoftware Engineer2021Seattle, Washington, United States
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineer Intern2020Seattle, Washington, United States
- 1st Michigan Realty LLCData Analyst, Web Designer2018 — 2020Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Home Partners of AmericaData Science Intern2020Greater Chicago Area
- Sara's Spark for STEMChildren's Book Author2018
- Ford Motor CompanySummer Intern2018Dearborn, Michigan
Skills & more
Event Planning61Research49Social Media14Data Analysis10CommunicationMicrosoft PowerPoint9Java7Leadership6Python (Programming Language)7C++5Matlab6
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Anna Sun?
- Anna Sun previously held product and engineering roles at Datadog, DoorDash, and Amazon. She holds a degree in Computer Science from MIT.
- Where does Anna Sun work?
- Anna Sun is Founder of Nowadays.
- What companies did Anna Sun found?
- Anna Sun founded Nowadays.
- Where did Anna Sun go to school?
- Anna Sun studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Y Combinator (S23); Prod (Cohort 2.0).
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