Where does Gary Lin work?

Gary Lin is Founder of Airwork and Founder at Explo.

What companies did Gary Lin found?

Gary Lin founded Airwork, Explo.

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.

Gary Lin

Founder

Founder at Airwork · Founder at Explo

Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

FoundedAirwork · YC Explo · YC

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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 at Airwork YC W22

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Gary went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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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Airwork's investors · 6

Direct Capital Private Equity Ltd.Auckland · $18M – $60M checks Eight Capital ExpaWest Hollywood · $250K – $3M checks Partners Investment Co. Ltd.Seoul Village GlobalCovina · $500K – $3M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Founder at Explo YC W20

Intro paths

Gary went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Explo's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Explo's investors · 17

Allison Pickens VenturesWayne · $250K – $1M checks Browder CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks Craft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checks · since 2022 Crystal Towers CapitalMountain View Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2022 FlexportSan Francisco · $2.5M – $20M checks Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks OV (CDY)Boston Sarona VenturesTel Aviv Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checks · since 2020 South Quad UncommonToronto Venture Investment AssociatesPeapack VentureSouqAbu Dhabi · $100K – $10M checks XG VenturesMenlo Park Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020 Yintai Investment Company

Co-founders at Explo

Andrew ChenFounder

Jonah HanigFounder

Rohan VarmaFounder

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 OfficePowerPointDatabasesLinuxUnix

Languages 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 of Airwork and Founder at Explo.
What companies did Gary Lin found?: Gary Lin founded Airwork, Explo.
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.