About
Jimmy Xu is cofounder and CTO of Pocket Worlds, where he has worked on virtual world development.
Founder/CTO at Pocket WorldsYC S18
Intro paths
YC
Jimmy went through Y Combinator (Summer 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Jimmy can intro founders to Pocket Worlds's investors below.
Pocket Worlds's investors · 4
Co-founders at Pocket Worlds
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Anton BernsteinFounder/CEO
Experience
- Pocket WorldsCo-founder and CTOcurrent2013 — presentTexas, United States
- AppleDesign Engineer2011 — 2013Cupertino
- University of WashingtonResearch Assistant2008 — 2011
- University of WashingtonLecturer2010
- University of WashingtonTeaching Assistant2008
Skills & more
Objective-C5Mobile Devices5C++17User Experience4Product Design3Software Development7Mobile Applications3Software Design6Entrepreneurship2FPGA13Hardware Architecture2Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)1
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VerilogCiOSVHDLJavaMatlabPythonKotlinLuaAndroidLanguages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jimmy Xu?
- Jimmy Xu is cofounder and CTO of Pocket Worlds, where he has worked on virtual world development.
- Where does Jimmy Xu work?
- Jimmy Xu is Founder/CTO of Pocket Worlds.
- What companies did Jimmy Xu found?
- Jimmy Xu founded Pocket Worlds.
- Where did Jimmy Xu go to school?
- Jimmy Xu studied at Y Combinator (Startup); University of Washington (PhD, Computer Engineering); University of Washington (MS EE, Electrical Engineering High Performance Computing).
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