Harvey Hu
FounderFounder at Altrina
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedAltrina Β· YCAltrina
About
Harvey Hu is co-founder and CTO of Altrina. He previously worked as a machine learning engineer at Google and TikTok, where he designed recommendation algorithms.
Founder at AltrinaYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Harvey went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Altrina's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Harvey can intro founders to Altrina's investors below.
Altrina's investors Β· 2
Co-founders at Altrina
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Mo NasirFounder & CEO
Co-founder at Altrina
Co-founders at Altrina
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Mo NasirCo-founder
Experience
- Altrina (YC W25)Co-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco, CA
- GoogleSoftware Enginner, Machine Learning2024Mountain View, California, United States
- TikTokMachine Learning Engineer2023 β 2024San Jose, California, United States
- Berkeley Artificial Intelligence ResearchUndergraduate Researcher2023Berkeley, California, United States
- UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Deep Neural Networks Course Staff2023Berkeley, California, United States
- Berkeley LabResearch Engineer2022 β 2023Berkeley, California, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2022Mountain View, California, United States
- University of California, BerkeleyUndergraduate Student Researcher2020 β 2022Berkeley, California, United States
- The Summer Science ProgramSummer Research Student2018Socorro, New Mexico, United States
Skills & more
Graph Neural NetworksPyTorch4Deep Neural Networks (DNN)6TensorFlowApache FlinkPython (Programming Language)5C++2Java2Python1LaTeXTransformers3Time Series
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Bayesian OptimizationStatisticsTechnical WritingHiveFeature EngineeringData StreamingQuantitative ResearchGo (Programming Language)Recommender SystemsSystems DesignGraph DatabasesDeep Learning- An Introduction to American Law β University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
- Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science and Physics β University of California, Berkeley
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Harvey Hu?
- Harvey Hu is co-founder and CTO of Altrina. He previously worked as a machine learning engineer at Google and TikTok, where he designed recommendation algorithms.
- Where does Harvey Hu work?
- Harvey Hu is Founder of Altrina.
- What companies did Harvey Hu found?
- Harvey Hu founded Altrina, Altrina.
- Where did Harvey Hu go to school?
- Harvey Hu studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator (W25).
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