Hugo (Kanghong) Zhan
FounderCo-Founder, CTO at Rankai
Berkeley, California, United States
FoundedRankai · YC
About
Hugo Zhan is the co-founder and CTO of Rankai. He previously worked as an engineer at Amazon and studied computer science at UC Berkeley.
Co-Founder, CTO at RankaiYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Hugo went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Experience
- Rankai (Backed by YC)Founder, CTOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Berkeley Artificial Intelligence ResearchUndergraduate Researcher2022 — 2023
- EluvioBlockchain Developer2022Berkeley, California, United States
- AmazonSoftware Engineering2021 — 2022
- Groupbook Technology Inc.Software Engineering2021
- Spark: Find your momentsCo-Founder, CTO2020
- Initial D Scratch StageFounder and Developer2019
Skills & more
Full-Stack Development8Go (Programming Language)Java7Python (Programming Language)2Swift (Programming Language)MySQLDockerREST APIsFirebase1Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hugo (Kanghong) Zhan?
- Hugo Zhan is the co-founder and CTO of Rankai. He previously worked as an engineer at Amazon and studied computer science at UC Berkeley.
- Where does Hugo (Kanghong) Zhan work?
- Hugo (Kanghong) Zhan is Co-Founder, CTO of Rankai.
- What companies did Hugo (Kanghong) Zhan found?
- Hugo (Kanghong) Zhan founded Rankai.
- Where did Hugo (Kanghong) Zhan go to school?
- Hugo (Kanghong) Zhan studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics).
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