Gunwoo Kim
FounderFounder at Cuckoo Labs
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedCuckoo Labs · YC
About
Gunwoo Kim is co-founder and CTO at Cuckoo Labs, a real-time AI translation platform. Previously, he led engineering at a ride-hailing service in South Korea that reached one million users, and holds a degree in computer science from KAIST.
Founder at Cuckoo LabsYC W25
Intro paths
Gunwoo went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Gunwoo can intro founders to Cuckoo Labs's investors below.
Cuckoo Labs's investors · 5
Co-founders at Cuckoo Labs
Experience
- BeebleHead of Growthcurrent2026 — presentSeoul, South Korea
- Cuckoo (YC W25)Co-founder & CTO2024 — 2025San Francisco, CA
- 투데이Software Engineer2022 — 2024Seoul, South Korea
- KRAFTON Inc.Software Engineer2021 — 2022Seoul, South Korea
- VCNCSoftware Engineer2018 — 2021Seoul, South Korea
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyUndergraduate Researcher2017 — 2018Daejeon, South Korea
- SK hynixSoftware Development Intern2016 — 2017Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Skills & more
Languages English · Korean
- Deep Learning Specialization — Coursera
- Functional Programming in Scala Specialization — Coursera
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gunwoo Kim?
- Gunwoo Kim is co-founder and CTO at Cuckoo Labs, a real-time AI translation platform. Previously, he led engineering at a ride-hailing service in South Korea that reached one million users, and holds a degree in computer science from KAIST.
- Where does Gunwoo Kim work?
- Gunwoo Kim is Founder of Cuckoo Labs.
- What companies did Gunwoo Kim found?
- Gunwoo Kim founded Cuckoo Labs.
- Where did Gunwoo Kim go to school?
- Gunwoo Kim studied at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science); Korea Science Academy of KAIST (High School); Y Combinator (W25).
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