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1,500 people in our graph share verified history with Gary — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Ken ChenaultunlockedGary: together at Facebook (2018–2020)
×9Gary: together at Y Combinator
Gary: together at University of Waterloo
Gary: together at On Deck
About
Gary Lin is an engineer who previously worked at Meta, Nauto, Yelp, and NVIDIA. He holds a Computer Science degree from the University of Waterloo (2019) and currently leads Airwork as founder and CEO.
Founder and CEO at AirworkYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Gary went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Airwork's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Gary can intro founders to Airwork's investors below.
Airwork's investors · 2
Experience
- AnimaEngineeringcurrent2025 — present
- AirworkFounder and CEOcurrent2021 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
- Paladin KidsCo-Founder2024 — 2025Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- On DeckFounder Fellowship2021
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2019 — 2021Menlo Park, CA
- NAUTOFull Stack Engineer2019Palo Alto
- FacebookFull Stack Engineer Intern2018Menlo Park
- YelpSoftware Engineer Intern2018San Francisco Bay Area
- ProgresslyMobile Engineer Intern2017 — 2018Redwood City
- LUQLCo-Founder2017 — 2018Waterloo, ON
- LUQLFull Stack Developer2017 — 2018Waterloo, ON
- NVIDIASoftware Engineer Intern2017Santa Clara, CA
- Veeva SystemsSoftware Performance Engineer Intern2016Toronto, Canada Area
- EricssonApplication Developer intern2015Mississauga
Skills & more
Research2Training1Functional Programming1Scheme4Concurrent Programming2Virtual MachinesFunctional Testing2Integration Testing2Software Quality AssuranceComputer Network Operations1XML SchemaMobile Application Development
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CC++JavaPythonAssembly LanguageMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordMicrosoft OfficePowerPointDatabasesLinuxUnixLanguages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gary Lin?
- Gary Lin is an engineer who previously worked at Meta, Nauto, Yelp, and NVIDIA. He holds a Computer Science degree from the University of Waterloo (2019) and currently leads Airwork as founder and CEO.
- Where does Gary Lin work?
- Gary Lin is Founder and CEO of Airwork.
- What companies did Gary Lin found?
- Gary Lin founded Airwork.
- Where did Gary Lin go to school?
- Gary Lin studied at Y Combinator; University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Computer Science, Honors Computer Science); John Fraser Secondary School.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
University of Waterloo mafia346
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Chamath PalihapitiyaB.A.Sc.Founded 8090Apoorva MehtaBAScFounded InstacartJon LernerBachelor of Applied ScienceFounded Textnow +2Michael LittBASc. Honours Systems Design EngineeringFounded Garage Capital +1Mike McCauleyBAScFounded Garage Capital +1Zach WaterfieldComputer EngineeringFounded Zettlor +1
+ 339 more
NVIDIA mafia136
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Jonathan RossChief Software ArchitectFounded GroqAlán Aspuru-GuzikSenior Director of Quantum ChemistryFounded Intrepid Labs +1Saurabh SrivastavaNemotron, Advanced Deep Learning ResearchFounded Warpdrive by Synthetic Minds +1Lee LiuWeb Software EngineerFounded Mezmo +1Musawir ShahSr. Software Engineer - TegraFounded Jerry +1Alex SismanisAndroid Developer InternFounded L1 Advisors +1
+ 129 more
Anima mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
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 VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended University of Waterloo646
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
+ 640 more
Shared employers
Also worked at On Deck266
Erik TorenbergGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz; founder of TurpentinePaul VeradittakitManaging Partner at Pantera CapitalLaurenInvestor at MGV.VCSteph ScottVice President at Questa CapitalNick FitzInvestor at Juniper Ventures Management, LlcMichelle KwokPrincipal at Draper Associates
+ 260 more
Also worked at NAUTO21
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockTom StephensonOperating Partner at Gaia VenturesStefan HeckAdvisor at ChrysalixLee RawlingsManaging Director at ID VenturesMarcus BehrendtManaging Partner at BMW i VenturesKasper SageManaging Partner at BMW i Ventures
+ 15 more
Also worked at Yelp96
Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersLogan GreenCo-founder of LyftMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCRobert TomkinsonSelf at Mucker CapitalTony WellsVenture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
+ 90 more
Also worked at Ericsson209
Tom HodgesPartner & co-Head of Private Equity Strategy at Generation Investment ManagementBjörn StrömInvestor at EQT VenturesFrank LevinsonInvestor at Phoenix Venture PartnersHari GopalDirector of Corporate Insights at Tech Square VenturesPedro GomesDirector, Intelligence & Transformation at Bright Pixel CapitalMarc FaucherManaging Partner at ArcTern Ventures
+ 203 more