About
Jerry Wu is co-founder and chief product officer at Auxos. Previously, he worked as a senior software engineer at Meta and Instagram, where he built infrastructure for recommendation models used in Instagram Reels, ads, and Facebook's feed. He studied computer science at the University of Pennsylvania, where he competed as a Division 1 athlete, and fenced for the U.S. national team.
Co-Founder at AuxosYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Jerry went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Auxos's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Jerry can intro founders to Auxos's investors below.
Auxos's investors · 1
Co-founders at Auxos
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Ashton DanielCo-Founder and CEO
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Kerry LuCo-Founder and CTO
Experience
- Auxos (YC P26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- InstagramSoftware Engineer2025 — 2026New York, United States
- MetaSoftware Engineer2022 — 2024Menlo Park, United States
- Bloomberg LPSoftware Engineer Intern2021 — 2022New York, United States
- RippleSoftware Engineer Intern2020San Francisco, California, United States
- NubevaSoftware Engineer Intern2020San Jose, California, United States
Skills & more
Basketball6Java, Python7Software Development8
Languages Chinese · English · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jerry Wu?
- Jerry Wu is co-founder and chief product officer at Auxos. Previously, he worked as a senior software engineer at Meta and Instagram, where he built infrastructure for recommendation models used in Instagram Reels, ads, and Facebook's feed. He studied computer science at the University of Pennsylvania, where he competed as a Division 1 athlete, and fenced for the U.S. national team.
- Where does Jerry Wu work?
- Jerry Wu is Co-Founder of Auxos.
- What companies did Jerry Wu found?
- Jerry Wu founded Auxos.
- Where did Jerry Wu go to school?
- Jerry Wu studied at University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Palo Alto High School (High School).
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