About
Gary Wu previously worked as an Associate Product Manager at Salesforce and is now building Instaplay.
Founder at InstaplayYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Gary went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — 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 Instaplay's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Gary can intro founders to Instaplay's investors below.
Instaplay's investors · 1
Experience
- InstaplayCo-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- SalesforceProduct2025 — 2026
- HCS Product LabPresident2023 — 2025
- AlpacaSoftware Engineer2022
Skills & more
Gaming1DJingProduct Management2Business Strategy12Machine LearningResearch2Software Engineering1Product StrategyPRDPresentationsCommunity EngagementCommunity Development
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Data LakesAlgorithmic TradingTrading APIMarket Data APICrypto APIFull-Stack DevelopmentSolidityIntegrated MarketingStrategyManagementStrategic ThinkingR (Programming Language)Languages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gary Wu?
- Gary Wu previously worked as an Associate Product Manager at Salesforce and is now building Instaplay.
- Where does Gary Wu work?
- Gary Wu is Founder of Instaplay.
- What companies did Gary Wu found?
- Gary Wu founded Instaplay.
- Where did Gary Wu go to school?
- Gary Wu studied at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SM, Computer Science); Harvard University (AB, Computer Science); Y Combinator.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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Y Combinator mafia4,716
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Salesforce mafia88
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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences mafia13
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Same school
Also attended Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences26
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Also attended Harvard University1,999
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Shared employers
Also worked at Salesforce281
Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesMarc BenioffCo-founder, Chair & CEO of SalesforceParker HarrisCo-founder of SalesforceViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalWesley BarrowPartner at Correlation Ventures
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Also worked at HCS Product Lab1
Also worked at Alpaca11
Santo PolitiInvestor at Spark CapitalNadia AsoyanVenture Partner at One Way VenturesJake EllowitzCo-Founding Partner, Credit / Termina at Tribe Capital FirstlookAdam FeleskyCEO at Portage VenturesSerik KaldykulovFounder/Managing Partner at ElefundNathan RodlandGeneral Partner at Elefund
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