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.
Harvey Hu @harveyhucal
We gave VLMs a vision test, using 100 screenshots from actual computer use workflows, and open models are dominating the efficiency frontier @altrina_ai https://t.co/fMZ0m1dWMR
Jun 28, 2026 Β· β₯ 7 Β· β 2
Harvey Hu @harveyhucal
The cost of doing benchmarks really dropped with cli agents. All it takes now is just a good idea, a code pointer, and a custom skill to access your data. https://t.co/6FvXtrRGYb
Jun 25, 2026 Β· β₯ 4 Β· β 2
Harvey Hu @harveyhucal
Codex would add 5 environment variables when told to write a "throw-away script". Makes sense "throw-away" code is under represented in the training data @OpenAI
May 22, 2026
Founder at AltrinaYC W25
Intro paths
Harvey went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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
In turn, Harvey can intro founders to Altrina's investors below.
Altrina's investors Β· 2
Co-founders at Altrina
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
Education
- University of California, BerkeleyBachelor's degree, Computer Science2019 β 2023
- Y CombinatorW252025
Skills & more
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- Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science and Physics β University of California, Berkeley
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Altrina (YC W25)1
Also worked at Google1,078
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Also worked at Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research10
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Also worked at UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)12
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