About
Darren Hwang spent five years at Meta working on security and integrity ranking infrastructure. He is now building web agents.
Founder at Kura AIYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Darren went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Kura AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Darren can intro founders to Kura AI's investors below.
Kura AI's investors · 1
Co-founders at Kura AI
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Ronit BasuFounder
Experience
- OpenAIMember of Technical Staffcurrent2025 — present
- Kura AIFounder2024 — 2025
- MetaSenior Software Engineer2019 — 2024Menlo Park, California
- FacebookSoftware Engineering Intern2018Menlo Park, California
- Potato Ventures, Inc.Software Engineer2017 — 2018
- Northwestern UniversityTeaching Assistant (EECS 111)2017
- DRAYTECH LTDDevelopment Intern2016Berkeley, California
Skills & more
C#6C++5Stata4Microsoft Office7Leadership8Research3
From Darren's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Darren Hwang?
- Darren Hwang spent five years at Meta working on security and integrity ranking infrastructure. He is now building web agents.
- Where does Darren Hwang work?
- Darren Hwang is Founder of Kura AI.
- What companies did Darren Hwang found?
- Darren Hwang founded Kura AI.
- Where did Darren Hwang go to school?
- Darren Hwang studied at Northwestern University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's degree, Economics/Business).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianYC Summer 2005Founded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded Pursuit +1
+ 8,766 more
University of California, Berkeley mafia538
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Steve WozniakBSFounded AppleTony XuB.S.Founded DoorDashAravind SrinivasDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded PerplexityAli GhodsiPost-docFounded DatabricksRyan PetersenBAFounded FlexportDavid FriedbergBAFounded Climate +2
+ 531 more
Northwestern University mafia79
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Lyle BerkowitzFounded Apollo Health +1Sheridan ClayborneB.S (Dropped Out)Founded Lendtable +1Andy RinkGeneral Surgery Residency ProgramFounded Playgroundpediatrics +1Jeffrey LiuBachelor of Science - BSFounded Guavapass +1Colton DillionMSFounded Quip Network +1Danielle YoesepMaster of Science - MSFounded Hona +1
+ 72 more
OpenAI mafia68
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Reid HoffmanBoard MemberFounded LinkedIn +2Sam AltmanCo-founder & CEOFounded Tools for Humanity +2Elon MuskCo-founder & former Co-chair / board memberFounded PayPal +5Ilya SutskeverCo-founder & Chief ScientistFounded Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasResearch ScientistFounded PerplexityDario AmodeiVP of ResearchFounded Anthropic
+ 61 more
Same school
Also attended Northwestern University442
Mikowai AshwillInvestor at Spark CapitalNaomi Pilosof IonitaBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesEric OngInvestor at LightbankBill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupAnna WangAssociate at March Capital Partners
+ 436 more
Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,611
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersSteve WozniakCo-founder of AppleTony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDashAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksRyan PetersenFounder & CEO of Flexport
+ 1,605 more
Shared employers
Also worked at OpenAI132
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAIIlya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic
+ 126 more
Also worked at Kura AI1
Also worked at Meta316
Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructure
+ 310 more
