David Lu
FounderFounder at Laminar · CTO & Co-Founder at H2OK
Greater Boston
FoundedH2OKLaminar · YCLaminar
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About
David Lu is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Laminar, a company focused on AI-driven factory automation. His work centers on sensors, machine learning, and control systems for industrial applications. He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Founder at LaminarYC S24
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David went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Laminar's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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CTO & Co-Founder at H2OK
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Experience
- LaminarCo-Founder and CTOcurrent2020 — present
- Brown University School of EngineeringResearcher, Peterson Lab2018 — 2020Providence, Rhode Island Area
- BoeingEngineering Researcher2019Greater Seattle Area
- Brown UniversityChemistry Department Undergrad Student Leader2018 — 2019
- Technical University MunichPREP Exchange Research Fellow2018Munich, Germany
- Brown UniversityResearcher - Sun Lab2017 — 2018Providence, Rhode Island Area
- Brown UniversityResearcher - Sello Lab2017 — 2018Providence, Rhode Island Area
- Berkeley LabResearch Scholar2014 — 2017Berkeley, California
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Thin-Layer Chromatography (TLC)IR SpectroscopyLeadershipJavaMatlabPythonEnglishChineseLanguages Chinese · English
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- Who is David Lu?
- David Lu is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Laminar, a company focused on AI-driven factory automation. His work centers on sensors, machine learning, and control systems for industrial applications. He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
- Where does David Lu work?
- David Lu is CTO & Co-Founder of H2OK and Founder at Laminar and Founder at Laminar.
- What companies did David Lu found?
- David Lu founded H2OK, Laminar, Laminar.
- Where did David Lu go to school?
- David Lu studied at Brown University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry, Computer Science).
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