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About
Derrick Cheng is a co-founder of Overstand Labs who previously worked at Meta and studied AI at UC Berkeley.
Founder at Overstand LabsYC W25
Intro paths
Derrick went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Overstand Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Overstand Labs's investors · 8
Co-founders at Overstand Labs
Experience
- Overstand Labs (YC W25)Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- InstagramEngineering Manager2021 — 2023New York, United States
- MetaEngineering Manager2019 — 2021
- MetaTech Lead and Software Engineer2017 — 2019Menlo Park, California, United States
- MetaSoftware Engineer2014 — 2017Menlo Park, California
- UC BerkeleyGraduate Researcher2012 — 2014
- UC BerkeleyUndergraduate Researcher in StatNews for Professor El Ghaoui2011 — 2012
- FacebookSoftware Engineer Intern2013
- Academia Sinica, TaiwanInformation Sciences Research Intern2012Taipei, Taiwan
- LinkedInSoftware Engineering Intern2011
- Cisco SystemsCisco Software Engineering Intern2010
- University of California, BerkeleyUndergraduate Researcher in BitBlaze for Professor Dawn Song2010
- University of California, BerkeleyGamesCrafters-Undergraduate Computational Game Theory Research Group2010
- MA LabsTechnical Support Intern2008
Skills & more
Languages Chinese · English
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Derrick Cheng?
- Derrick Cheng is a co-founder of Overstand Labs who previously worked at Meta and studied AI at UC Berkeley.
- Where does Derrick Cheng work?
- Derrick Cheng is Founder of Overstand Labs.
- What companies did Derrick Cheng found?
- Derrick Cheng founded Overstand Labs.
- What companies has Derrick Cheng invested in?
- Investments tracked here include A1Zap by A1Base, Cuckoo Labs, finbar, Forge Automation, Inversion Semiconductor, Mecha Health, Mosaic, Motives, Orbital Operations.
- Where did Derrick Cheng go to school?
- Derrick Cheng studied at Y Combinator; University of California, Berkeley (B.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences); University of California, Berkeley (M.S., Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,601
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Meta mafia330
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Meta mafia303
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LinkedIn mafia195
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Instagram mafia45
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at Overstand Labs (YC W25)1
Also worked at Meta500
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Also worked at Academia Sinica, Taiwan6
Also worked at LinkedIn341
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