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Bill Chen

Founder

Founder at RiskAngle

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedRiskAngle · YC

About

Bill Chen is a computer scientist educated at Columbia University who grew up in Vancouver, Canada.

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Founder at RiskAngleYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Bill went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Bill can intro founders to RiskAngle's investors below.

RiskAngle's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at RiskAngle

WHWilliam Hu
William HuFounder

Experience

  1. OpenAIResearch Engineercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Angel InvestorAngel Investorcurrent2022 — present
  3. RiskAngle (YC S24)Co-Founder2024 — 2025
  4. RetoolDeployed Engineer2021 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  5. MetaSoftware Engineer2019 — 2020
  6. Morgan StanleyAnalyst2018 — 2019
  7. ByteDanceProduct2017 — 2018Beijing, China
  8. Stony Brook UniversityResearch Fellow2016 — 2017

Education

  1. Y Combinator
  2. Columbia UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
  3. The Wharton SchoolJD/MBA
  4. Peking UniversityExchange
  5. Prince of Wales Secondary SchoolDogwood Diploma

Skills & more

Solution Architecture3Cloud ComputingEntrepreneurshipResearch15Statistics2Time Management2Music2Data Analysis2Prototyping3JavaScriptMicrosoft Office2Java3
+8 morePythonC++LaTeXGenerative AIPublic SpeakingTeamworkLeadershipCoding

Languages English · French · Japanese · Mandarin Chinese

  • CFA Program Level I — CFA Institute

From Bill's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,457 more

Also attended Columbia University552

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Erica VanInvestment Director at Intel Capital

+ 546 more

Also attended The Wharton School1,366

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 1,360 more

Also attended Peking University117

Erica WuInvestment Director at Intel CapitalGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesLucy BradyHead of Product at Giant Ventures Global LlpLuke TangManaging Partner at G Vision CapitalRaaj RayatPrincipal at AirTree VenturesKathy WangInvestor at Inception Studio Capital

+ 111 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Angel Investor32

Sahir AzamInvestor at Index VenturesJessica (Bartos) ThomasPartner at Notion CapitalPreeti Nellore SampatPartner at Eximius VenturesMiten SampatAdvisor at Roots VenturesPhilip H. BeauregardFormer Founder, Operator at Impellent VenturesCourtney ReumCo-Founder and Partner at M13

+ 26 more

Also worked at Retool8

Ghazi MasoodVenture Partner at Ansa CapitalBryan SchreierPartner at Sequoia CapitalDavid DworskyPrincipal at Emergence Capital PartnersGeorge KuntharaInvestor at Emergence Capital PartnersJustin GageVP of Marketing at Amplify PartnersSerena LiuInvestor at Hummingbird Ventures

+ 2 more

Also worked at Meta161

TinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureKevin ColleranManaging Director at Slow VenturesJon ChuInvestor at Khosla VenturesRyan ScottInvestor at Khosla VenturesDavid YangPartner at Lux Capital

+ 155 more

Also worked at Morgan Stanley881

Mary MeekerFounder & General Partner at BONDAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalJames DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis VenturesTobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

+ 875 more