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AndrewunlockedHsu: together at University of Washington (2004–2007)
Hsu: together at Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)
×10Hsu: together at Madrona Venture Labs
About
Co-founder and partner at Iterative. Previously the first engineer at Mutiny (YC S18), a Senior Engineer at the Allen Institute for AI, and a Partner at Madrona Venture Labs. Co-founded Decide.com (acquired by eBay in 2013). Holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Washington.
Founder, Partner at Iterative
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Iterative's investors · 9
468 CapitalBerlin · since 2021Afore CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checks · since 2021Breyer CapitalAustin · $500K – $10M checksGV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2026Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2026Intrepid Growth PartnersToronto · since 2026Obvious VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $6M checks · since 2026South QuadTrue VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $3M checks · since 2021
Co-founders at Iterative
HK
Hsu Ken OoiFounder, General Partner
BM
Brian MaFounder, General Partner
Experience
- Stealth StartupAI Infrastructurecurrent2026 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- Iterative CapitalCo-Founder, Partnercurrent2018 — presentGreater Seattle Area
- Foundation Labs, Inc.Senior Engineering Manager2021 — 2026Seattle, Washington, United States
- MutinyLead Software Engineer2019Seattle
- Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)Senior Software Engineer2016 — 2019Greater Seattle Area
- Madrona Venture LabsPartner2016
- eBay IncMember of Technical Staff2015 — 2016Bellevue, Washington
- eBay IncSoftware Engineer2013 — 2015Bellevue, WA
- Decide.comCo-Founder / Software Developer2009 — 2013Greater Seattle Area
- Eggsprout Inc.Master Architect2008 — 2011
- Zillow.comSoftware Development Engineer2007 — 2008
- Zillow.comSoftware Development Engineer Intern2007Greater Seattle Area
- Evogear.comSoftware Development Intern2006 — 2007
- Xilinx Inc.Software Engineering Intern2005 — 2006
Skills & more
Ruby20Ruby on Rails28JavaScript26HTML8CSS17Apache15Amazon Web Services (AWS)25Hadoop7Hive1RedisPython6jQuery4
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NagiosChefJavaSpringSeleniumMySQLAmazon EC2General AwesomenessDistributed SystemsBig DataScalabilityWeb Services- Neural Networks for Machine Learning — Coursera
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning — Coursera
- Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization — Coursera
- Convolutional Neural Networks — Coursera
From Hsu's professional profile.
Colleagues at ITERATIVE
Aaron Yip
Founder, Visiting Partner at ITERATIVE
Bill Achariyasoonthorn
Senior Associate, Investments at ITERATIVE
Brandon Buchanan
Director at ITERATIVE
Brian Ma
Founder, General Partner at ITERATIVE
Christopher Dannen
Director at ITERATIVE
Claire Chan
Operations Manager at ITERATIVE
Dayana Yermolayeva
Founder, Visiting Partner at ITERATIVE
Derry Sakti
Founder, Visiting Partner at ITERATIVE
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hsu Han Ooi?
- Co-founder and partner at Iterative. Previously the first engineer at Mutiny (YC S18), a Senior Engineer at the Allen Institute for AI, and a Partner at Madrona Venture Labs. Co-founded Decide.com (acquired by eBay in 2013). Holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Washington.
- Where does Hsu Han Ooi work?
- Hsu Han Ooi is Founder, Partner of Iterative and Founder, Partner at ITERATIVE.
- What companies did Hsu Han Ooi found?
- Hsu Han Ooi founded Iterative.
- Where did Hsu Han Ooi go to school?
- Hsu Han Ooi studied at University of Washington (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science).
Founder mafias
ITERATIVE mafia8
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Guillaume LuccisanoFounder, Visiting PartnerFounded Yuma AI +2Brian MaFounder and Managing PartnerFounded Flash CoffeeAaron YipFounder, Visiting PartnerFounded Issa CompassDerry SaktiFounder, Visiting PartnerFounded BukalapakFranklyn ChienFounding Capital PartnerFounded PrizepoolElpizo ChoiFounding Capital PartnerFounded Foundation Labs
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Madrona Venture Labs mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Foundation Labs mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended University of Washington516
Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzArvind JainFounder & CEO of GleanJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsVictoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesJoe HorsmanInvestor at Madrona Venture Group
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Shared employers
Also worked at Iterative Capital29
Ka Kay LumAssociate at Cento VenturesJessica ChaoInvestor at Endurance28Zaizhuang ChengCo-founder, Spin (Ford Mobility) at Good AI CapitalMelissa TaingSenior Program Manager, Recruiting at ITERATIVEYi Jun PhungSenior Content Strategist, Recruiting at ITERATIVEMartha CabaeroContent Manager, Recruiting at ITERATIVE
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Also worked at Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)34
Oren EtzioniVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupEric HorvitzInvestor at Blue Tulip VenturesEran MegiddoSenior Advisor (Corporate VP Windows Product & Education Microsoft) at Grishin RoboticsJayaInvestor at Foundation CapitalFinbarr TimbersInvestor at Tq Ventures LlcBryan HaleManaging Director at Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator
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Also worked at eBay Inc252
Josh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalLogan GreenCo-founder of LyftKen HoweryCo-founder of PayPal and Founders FundClément DelangueCo-founder & CEO of Hugging FaceRon GuraCo-founder & CEO of EmpathyYonatan BergmanCo-founder & CTO of Empathy
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Also worked at Zillow.com41
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkKleida MartiroManaging Director at Glasswing VenturesPete FlintInvestor at NFXDoug PerlsonPartner at UNCOMMON DENOMINATORCraig ShermanPartner at Meritech Capital PartnersApril UnderwoodManaging Director at Adverb Ventures
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