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About
Co-founder and CTO of Escher Reality (acquired by Niantic); shipped AR technology for Pokemon GO to over 100M users. Did YC S17.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Diana Hu co-founded Escher Reality, an augmented reality backend company that went through Y Combinator's S17 batch and was later acquired by Niantic.
- Education
- Studied at Carnegie Mellon University (BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- More
- Diana Hu is originally from Chile.
Mentioned above: the Y Combinator mafia → · the Carnegie Mellon University mafia → · the Niantic mafia →
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Podcasts & interviews
featuring Diana HuJeff Dean: The 1% Rule for Building in AI
Startup School
Boris Cherny: Building Claude Code
Startup School
The Playbook For Building An AI Native Company
Startup School
Michael Truell: Building Cursor at 23, Taking on GitHub Copilot, and Advice to Engineering Students
AI Startup School
How to Spend Your 20s in the AI Era
Lightcone Podcast
The Engineering Unlocks Behind DeepSeek | YC Decoded
YC Decoded
2 more appearances
Colleagues at Y Combinator
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Diana Hu?
- Co-founder and CTO of Escher Reality (acquired by Niantic); shipped AR technology for Pokemon GO to over 100M users. Did YC S17.
- Where does Diana Hu work?
- Diana Hu is Managing Partner at Y Combinator.
- What does Diana Hu invest in?
- Diana Hu invests in AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech.
- What podcasts and interviews feature Diana Hu?
- Tracked appearances include "Jeff Dean: The 1% Rule for Building in AI", "Boris Cherny: Building Claude Code", "The Playbook For Building An AI Native Company", and 5 more.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,635
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Carnegie Mellon University mafia555
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
NVIDIA mafia157
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Niantic mafia13
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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