About
David Hu is co-founder and CTO of Magic Hour. He previously worked as a full stack engineer at Skillz, where he led product development teams through the company's Series B stage to public listing.
Founder at Magic HourYC W24
Intro paths
YC
David went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. β the partner who ran Magic Hour's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, David can intro founders to Magic Hour's investors below.
Magic Hour's investors Β· 4
Co-founders at Magic Hour
RL
Runbo LiFounder
Experience
- Magic HourCo-founder & CTOcurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Skillz Inc.Lead Full Stack Engineer2019 β 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Skillz Inc.Senior Full Stack Engineer2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Skillz Inc.Full Stack Engineer2017 β 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- App AcademyJumpstart TA2017San Francisco
- Casedhole-Solutions, Inc.- A C&J Energy CompanyField Engineer2014 β 2015Giddings, Texas
- HalliburtonField Professional2013 β 2014New Iberia, Louisiana
- SchlumbergerField Engineer2012 β 2013Pleasanton, Texas
- University of PittsburghPathfinder2010 β 2012Pittsburgh, PA
- University of PittsburghUndergraduate Research2011Greater Pittsburgh Region
- University of PittsburghUndergraduate Research2010Greater Pittsburgh Region
- Elliott Group, Ebara CorpBusiness Development Intern2011Jeannette, PA
- RWTH Aachen UniversityUndergraduate Research Opportunity Program2010Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- National Jewish HealthGraphic Design Intern2006Denver, CO
Skills & more
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Python (Programming Language)Next.jsRustRust (Programming Language)Node.jsTerraformAmazon Web Services (AWS)MySQLReactJS13Ruby on Rails13Ruby14
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JavaScriptSQLGitGithubjQueryMicrosoft OfficePowerPointPhotoshopKubernetesArtificial Intelligence (AI)API DevelopmentGo (Programming Language)Languages Chinese Β· English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Hu?
- David Hu is co-founder and CTO of Magic Hour. He previously worked as a full stack engineer at Skillz, where he led product development teams through the company's Series B stage to public listing.
- Where does David Hu work?
- David Hu is Founder of Magic Hour.
- What companies did David Hu found?
- David Hu founded Magic Hour.
- Where did David Hu go to school?
- David Hu studied at Y Combinator (W24); University of Pittsburgh (Bachelor's Degree, Chemical Engineering).
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