About
Donovan So is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, where he works on Excel Copilot. He was previously a founding engineer at Fintool, which was acquired by Microsoft, and co-founded BricksAI, where he served as CTO, as part of Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch.
Founder at BricksAIYC S22
Intro paths
YC
Donovan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at BricksAI
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Spike LuFounder
Experience
- MicrosoftSenior Software Engineercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Fintool.com [ChatGPT+EDGAR]Founding Engineer2024 — 2026San Francisco, CA
- BricksAICo-Founder & CTO2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Credit SuisseTechnical Analyst2019 — 2021Hong Kong SAR
- Credit SuisseSummer Analyst, Information Technology2018Hong Kong
- Horizons School of TechnologyStudent2017San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
OpenAIGenerative AINext.jsPostgreSQLGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)TypeScriptKotlinGraphQLWeb Development3Entrepreneurship2React.js4Express.js2
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MongooseHTMLCSSJavaScriptjQueryPassport.jsBootstrapNode.jsClojureGroovyGitC++Languages Chinese (Cantonese) · Chinese (Mandarin) · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Donovan So?
- Donovan So is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, where he works on Excel Copilot. He was previously a founding engineer at Fintool, which was acquired by Microsoft, and co-founded BricksAI, where he served as CTO, as part of Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch.
- Where does Donovan So work?
- Donovan So is Founder of BricksAI.
- What companies did Donovan So found?
- Donovan So founded BricksAI.
- Where did Donovan So go to school?
- Donovan So studied at Y Combinator; Carnegie Mellon University (Masters of Educational Technology and Applied Learning Science (METALS)); The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Microsoft1,438
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