About
Evan Chu is a software engineer who previously worked at Stripe, Amazon, and AWS. He is a co-founder of PoplarML.
Founder at PoplarMLYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Evan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Evan can intro founders to PoplarML's investors below.
PoplarML's investors Β· 2
Co-founders at PoplarML
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Danna LiuFounder
Experience
- ProximalMember of Technical Staffcurrent2026 β presentSan Francisco, CA
- Stealth StartupCo-Foundercurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco / Ottawa
- PoplarML (YC W23)Co-Foundercurrent2023 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- StripeSoftware Engineering Intern2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineering Intern2022Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Development Engineer2021
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Evan Chu?
- Evan Chu is a software engineer who previously worked at Stripe, Amazon, and AWS. He is a co-founder of PoplarML.
- Where does Evan Chu work?
- Evan Chu is Founder of PoplarML.
- What companies did Evan Chu found?
- Evan Chu founded PoplarML.
- Where did Evan Chu go to school?
- Evan Chu studied at University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Engineering); Y Combinator.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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University of Waterloo mafia200
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Stripe mafia91
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Matt HuangBoard MemberFounded HotspotsPatrick CollisonCo-founder & CEOFounded AuctomaticGreg BrockmanFounding Engineer, then first CTOFounded OpenAIDaniela AmodeiEarly employee β Risk ManagerFounded AnthropicArvid LunnemarkSoftware EngineeringFounded CursorParker ConradMember Board of DirectorsFounded Zenefits +1
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Same school
Also attended University of Waterloo437
Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalApoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsAchintya ChaudhariInvestor at LightbankKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
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Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Proximal1
Also worked at Stealth Startup394
Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesHamish GarnettAssociate at Manta Ray Ventures
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Also worked at PoplarML (YC W23)1
Also worked at Stripe199
Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalPatrick CollisonCo-founder & CEO of StripeJohn CollisonCo-founder & President of StripeGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAI
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