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Chia-Lun Wu

Founder

Founder at Hera

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedHera · YC

About

Chia-Lun Wu has an MS in Computer Science from National Taiwan University and has worked in software engineering since 2016. He was an early engineer at Vyond, where he contributed to the Vyond Studio online video editor, and later served as the first engineer at Flagright (YC W22), where he built core infrastructure. He is currently building Hera, an AI motion design platform.

Founder at HeraYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Chia-Lun went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Chia-Lun can intro founders to Hera's investors below.

Hera's investors · 5

468 CapitalBerlinAccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2026Bain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checks · since 2026IA VenturesNew York · $1M – $3M checks · since 2026Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Hera

PTPeter Tribelhorn
Peter TribelhornCo-Founder

Experience

  1. Hera (YC S25)Co-Founder & CTOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. FlagrightStaff Software Engineer2024 — 2025Berlin, Germany
  3. FlagrightFounding Software Engineer2022 — 2024Berlin, Germany
  4. AlloySenior Software Engineer2020 — 2021Berlin, Germany
  5. AlloySoftware Engineer2019 — 2020Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  6. FortoSoftware Engineer2018 — 2019Berlin Area, Germany
  7. VyondSoftware Engineer2016 — 2018Taipei City, Taiwan
  8. National Taiwan UniversityAndroid Developer (part-time)2014 — 2016Taiwan
  9. YahooSoftware Engineering Intern2015 — 2016Taiwan
  10. MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITALResearch Assistant2012 — 2015Taipei City, Taiwan
  11. TildespaceSoftware Engineering Intern2014Taipei City, Taipei City, Taiwan
  12. FaradaySoftware Engineering Intern2013Hsinchu City, Taiwan, Taiwan

Skills & more

C10Java11Python5C++4JavaScript7jQuery2PHP2Objective-C2Django2React.js4MySQL3Git5
+6 moreRAndroidLinuxNode.jsAndroid DevelopmentSoftware Engineering

Languages Chinese · English · French

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Chia-Lun Wu?
Chia-Lun Wu has an MS in Computer Science from National Taiwan University and has worked in software engineering since 2016. He was an early engineer at Vyond, where he contributed to the Vyond Studio online video editor, and later served as the first engineer at Flagright (YC W22), where he built core infrastructure. He is currently building Hera, an AI motion design platform.
Where does Chia-Lun Wu work?
Chia-Lun Wu is Founder of Hera.
What companies did Chia-Lun Wu found?
Chia-Lun Wu founded Hera.
Where did Chia-Lun Wu go to school?
Chia-Lun Wu studied at National Taiwan University (Master's degree, Computer Science); National Taiwan University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).

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Shared employers

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Peter TribelhornCo-Founder at Hera

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