About
Kai Yee Wan holds an SM in EECS from MIT, where he conducted research at CSAIL. He previously worked as an embedded software engineer at Google on Chrome and Nest, and taught computer science at Northeastern University.
Founder at BlueshoeYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Kai went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. β the partner who ran Blueshoe's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Kai can intro founders to Blueshoe's investors below.
Blueshoe's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Blueshoe
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Casey O'GradyFounder
Experience
- BlueshoeCo-Founder, CTOcurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Northeastern UniversityAdjunct Faculty, Khoury College of Computer Sciences2024 β 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)Graduate Research Assistant2021 β 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- MIT EECSGraduate Teaching Assistant2022 β 2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- GustoEmbedded Finance APIs / Devtools2022San Francisco, California, United States
- GoogleEmbedded Systems Software Engineer2019 β 2021Mountain View, California, United States
- Qualcomm Innovation Center IncSoftware Engineer2013 β 2019San Diego, California, United States
Skills & more
Data Engineering1Embedded Systems1Wireless Networking1Ubiquitous ComputingAPI DevelopmentData ScienceVendor PartnershipsWearable ComputingWireless Sensor NetworksMachine LearningAcademic ResearchProduct Management
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Instructional Design5G New Radio (NR)Cellular CommunicationsHardware DevelopmentInternet of Things (IoT)SQLLaTeXData VisualizationEmbedded SoftwarePyTorchPython (Programming Language)C (Programming Language)Languages Cantonese
- 5G Wireless University Program β Qualcomm
- Graduate Teaching Certificate β MIT Teaching + Learning Lab
From Kai's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kai Yee Wan?
- Kai Yee Wan holds an SM in EECS from MIT, where he conducted research at CSAIL. He previously worked as an embedded software engineer at Google on Chrome and Nest, and taught computer science at Northeastern University.
- Where does Kai Yee Wan work?
- Kai Yee Wan is Founder of Blueshoe.
- What companies did Kai Yee Wan found?
- Kai Yee Wan founded Blueshoe.
- Where did Kai Yee Wan go to school?
- Kai Yee Wan studied at Y Combinator (Spring 2025 Batch (P25)); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); University of Toronto (Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering).
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