About
Han Wang previously served as a US Army officer and brings background in browser technologies, embeddings, cybersecurity, and computational mathematics.
Founder/CTO at UpfortYC S17
Intro paths
YC
Han went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Han can intro founders to Upfort's investors below.
Upfort's investors · 12
Altai VenturesWestport · since 2023Chaos VenturesNew York · since 2023Clocktower VenturesSanta Monica · $100K – $20M checksCyber Mentor FundNew York · since 2023Eniac VenturesNew York · $1.2M checks · since 2023FikaCulver City · $1M – $10M checksFika VenturesCulver City · $250K – $2M checks · since 2023GaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K checks · since 2023Hemi Ventures, LlcPalo Alto · $250K – $500K checksSYN VenturesWest Palm Beach · since 2023Syn Ventures Seed Management LlcWest Palm BeachY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017
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Co-founders at Upfort
DB
Daniel BilbaoFounder
Experience
- Genesis Molecular AIVP of Engineeringcurrent2026 — presentSan Mateo, California, United States
- NumeralHead of Engineering, Infrastructure2025 — 2026San Francisco, California, United States
- UpfortAdvisor2024 — 2025
- UpfortCofounder & CTO2017 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- U.S. Army Cyber CommandCyber Security Team OIC2016Middle East
- DARPASETA Consultant2015 — 2016Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Kreitzman LLCQuantitative Researcher2013 — 2015
- Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryPCA Researcher2012 — 2013Livermore, California
- University of California, BerkeleyFacilitator2011 — 2012
- Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryIntern2010 — 2011
Skills & more
AgentsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BrowsersLarge Language Models (LLM)Machine LearningParallel ProgrammingMonte Carlo SimulationStochastic ModelingData MiningCassandraMatlabJava
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C++PythonC#AndroidMesos Marathon- Certifed Ethical Hacker (CEH) — EC-Council
- CISSP — ISC2
- Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) Written — Cisco
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Han Wang?
- Han Wang previously served as a US Army officer and brings background in browser technologies, embeddings, cybersecurity, and computational mathematics.
- Where does Han Wang work?
- Han Wang is Founder/CTO of Upfort.
- What companies did Han Wang found?
- Han Wang founded Upfort.
- Where did Han Wang go to school?
- Han Wang studied at Y Combinator (Accelerator Program, Summer 2017); Stanford University (Master of Science (MS), Computational Mathematics and Engineering); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science (BS), Engineering Mathematics and Statistics).
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Stanford University mafia903
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Numeral mafia5
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Shared employers
Also worked at Genesis Molecular AI2
Also worked at Upfort5
Also worked at U.S. Army Cyber Command1
Also worked at DARPA23
Houman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesBrandon AlexanderEntrepreneur In Residence at Crosslink CapitalTaylor SargentPartner at Industrious VenturesDr. Michael NayakAdvisor at Industrious VenturesEvan LoomisVenture Partner at Audere CapitalWilliam YoungInvestor at Green Flag
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