About
Haokun Qin studied mathematics at the University of Waterloo and worked as a machine learning engineer at Viavi. He is now building a data-driven platform focused on immigration services.
Founder at GaleYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Haokun went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Gale's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Haokun can intro founders to Gale's investors below.
Gale's investors · 2
Co-founders at Gale
RG
Rahul GudiseCEO & Co-Founder
RS
Rishabh SambareFounder
Experience
- Gale (YC W25)Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- Mycro HarvestMachine Learning Engineer2023
- VIAVI SolutionsMachine Learning Engineer2023
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/ Agriculture et Agroalimentaire CanadaMachine Learning Researcher2022
- Kumon North America, Inc.Assistant Instructor2017Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Skills & more
Software Development11Design11Machine Learning9Strategy5
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Haokun Qin?
- Haokun Qin studied mathematics at the University of Waterloo and worked as a machine learning engineer at Viavi. He is now building a data-driven platform focused on immigration services.
- Where does Haokun Qin work?
- Haokun Qin is Founder of Gale.
- What companies did Haokun Qin found?
- Haokun Qin founded Gale.
- Where did Haokun Qin go to school?
- Haokun Qin studied at Y Combinator; University of Waterloo (Bachelor's degree, Computational Mathematics); International Baccalaureate.
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