Find your path to Hojin
655 people in our graph share verified history with Hojin — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Garry TanunlockedHojin: together at Y Combinator (2025)
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About
Hojin Yu is a co-founder at Pickle with expertise in machine learning.
Founder at PickleYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Hojin 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 Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Pickle's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Hojin can intro founders to Pickle's investors below.
Pickle's investors · 6
Craft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checksFJ LabsNew York · $100K – $3M checksHyperplane Venture CapitalBoston · $250K – $3M checks · since 2021Third Kind Venture CapitalNew York · $50K – $5M checks · since 2021Version One VenturesVancouver · $250K – $500K checks · since 2021Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025
Co-founders at Pickle
Experience
- PickleCo-Founder and CTOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- BlickCo-Founder2024Seoul, South Korea
- SLAPCo-Founder2023Seoul, South Korea
- RideFlux(라이드플럭스)Machine Learning Engineer2022 — 2023Jeju, South Korea
- KAIST AIResearch Intern2022Seoul, South Korea
Skills & more
Reinforcement LearningMachine LearningData Engineering
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hojin Yu?
- Hojin Yu is a co-founder at Pickle with expertise in machine learning.
- Where does Hojin Yu work?
- Hojin Yu is Founder of Pickle.
- What companies did Hojin Yu found?
- Hojin Yu founded Pickle.
- Where did Hojin Yu go to school?
- Hojin Yu studied at Y Combinator; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Artificial Intelligence); University of Oxford (Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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University of Oxford mafia622
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Reid HoffmanM.St.Founded LinkedIn +2Gabriel PereyraDropped outFounded HarveyBrent HobermanMaster of Arts - MAFounded Founders Pledge +4Kevin HartzMstFounded Eventbrite +3William GuttmanM.PhilFounded CurvePoint +3Tom BlomfieldMaster's DegreeFounded Starling Bank +2
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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology mafia37
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Michael HwangMaster of Entrepreneurship &InnovationFounded Datumo +1Youmin KimMasterFounded Take AppLucas OchoaExchange StudentFounded AutomatYongjin ParkBachelor of Science (BS)Founded 1849 bioRobert KimBachelor's degreeFounded LaminarDin MailibayBachelor of Science - BSFounded Laminar
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Korea Science Academy of KAIST mafia5
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Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
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Also attended Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology67
Sungwon LimNVP Korea at Nautilus Ventures Management Company (Us), LlcThorben RothePartner - Venture at Iris CapitalOhsang KwonPartner at SazzeJosh JungPrincipal at Z Venture CapitalArchi KongManaging Partner at Asia2G CapitalMinjoo KimPrincipal at Storm Ventures
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Also attended University of Oxford1,753
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures
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