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Anna Wang

Founder

Founder at Searchlight

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedSearchlight · YC

About

Anna Wang is co-founder and CTO of Searchlight. She previously held product management, business consulting, and software engineering roles at Google, McKinsey, and Uber, and holds a BS and MS in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from Stanford.

Founder at SearchlightYC W19

Intro paths

YC

Anna went through Y Combinator (Winter 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Anna can intro founders to Searchlight's investors below.

Searchlight's investors · 2

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2019

Co-founders at Searchlight

KWKerry Wang
Kerry WangFounder (acquired)

Experience

  1. KERNELProduct & Partnershipscurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Various CompaniesAngel Investor & Advisorcurrent2019 — present
  3. MultiverseHead of AI2024 — 2025London Area, United Kingdom
  4. SearchlightCo-Founder | CTO & President2018 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  5. ForbesForbes 30 Under 30, Enterprise Technology 20212021
  6. Stanford UniversityResearcher, Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence Lab2017 — 2018Stanford, CA
  7. McKinsey & CompanyBusiness Analyst2017Washington D.C. Metro Area
  8. GoogleAssociate Product Manager2016Mountain View, CA
  9. UberSoftware Engineer2015San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Public Speaking12Teamwork9Leadership8JavaScript6Ruby on Rails6Java9C++6HTML6CSS4Microsoft Word5PowerPoint7Microsoft Excel7
+4 moreData AnalysisResearchSocial MediaProgramming

Languages Chinese · French

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Anna Wang?
Anna Wang is co-founder and CTO of Searchlight. She previously held product management, business consulting, and software engineering roles at Google, McKinsey, and Uber, and holds a BS and MS in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from Stanford.
Where does Anna Wang work?
Anna Wang is Founder of Searchlight.
What companies did Anna Wang found?
Anna Wang founded Searchlight.
Where did Anna Wang go to school?
Anna Wang studied at Stanford University (M.S., Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science); Y Combinator (W19).

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