About
Evan Chu is a software engineer who previously worked at Stripe, Amazon, and AWS. He is a co-founder of PoplarML.
Evan Chu @evan_j_chu
Come work on FrontierSWE :) https://t.co/NCBdA0VBjm
May 10, 2026 · ♥ 37 · ⇄ 2
Evan Chu @evan_j_chu
GPT-5.5 scores extremely well on FrontierSWE, scoring higher than GPT-5.4 on 13 of 17 tasks. It also opens the widest gap we’ve seen so far between #1 and #2. https://t.co/2dvRcWSXC8
May 5, 2026 · ♥ 15 · ⇄ 2
Evan Chu @evan_j_chu
Very cool results! V4 is quite consistent and thorough across it's trials while K2.6 has some massive wins and misses. I wonder how 5.5 will score 👀 https://t.co/IKPfLIRt8u
May 4, 2026 · ♥ 16 · ⇄ 2
Founder at PoplarMLYC W23
Intro paths
Evan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Evan can intro founders to PoplarML's investors below.
PoplarML's investors · 2
Co-founders at PoplarML
Experience
- ProximalMember of Technical Staffcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- Stealth StartupCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco / Ottawa
- PoplarML (YC W23)Co-Foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- StripeSoftware Engineering Intern2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineering Intern2022Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Development Engineer2021
Education
- University of WaterlooBachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Engineering
- Y Combinator2023
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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University of Waterloo mafia183
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Stripe mafia83
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Same school
Also attended University of Waterloo343
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Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at Proximal1
Also worked at Stealth Startup330
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Also worked at PoplarML (YC W23)1
Also worked at Stripe166
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