About
Erica Du is co-founder and CTO of Toko. She previously worked in engineering roles at Palantir, Codecademy, and Google, and conducted research at MIT and Cornell Tech.
Founder at TokoYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Erica went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Erica can intro founders to Toko's investors below.
Toko's investors · 4
Co-founders at Toko
JL
Jen LiuFounder
Experience
- TokoCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2021 — present
- Robin HoodBlue Ridge Labs Fellow2019 — 2020Greater New York City Area
- Cornell TechVisiting Researcher2018 — 2019Greater New York City Area
- Palantir TechnologiesForward Deployed Software Engineer2016 — 2018Greater New York City Area
- CodecademySoftware Engineer2015 — 2016Greater New York City Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2013Mountain View, CA
Skills & more
Computer Science5Algorithms3Programming4Python6HTML1CSS1Java7Ruby on Rails1Microsoft Office4Arduino1JavaScript3
Languages Chinese · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Erica Du?
- Erica Du is co-founder and CTO of Toko. She previously worked in engineering roles at Palantir, Codecademy, and Google, and conducted research at MIT and Cornell Tech.
- Where does Erica Du work?
- Erica Du is Founder of Toko.
- What companies did Erica Du found?
- Erica Du founded Toko.
- Where did Erica Du go to school?
- Erica Du studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master's of Engineering (MEng), Computer Science); Y Combinator (W22).
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