About
Kat Hu previously worked at McKinsey and built go-to-market and operations for Turing's foundational LLM trainer business, managing teams of over 500 AI trainers. She is now cofounder at Sepal AI.
Founder at Sepal AIYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Kat went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Sepal AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Kat can intro founders to Sepal AI's investors below.
Sepal AI's investors · 6
Co-founders at Sepal AI
RL
Robi LinFounder
Experience
- MercorAccount Leadcurrent2026 — present
- Sepal AICo-Founder2024 — 2026San Francisco, California, United States
- TuringEnterprise Account Lead, AI2022 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- TuringChief Of Staff team2021 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
- One Acre FundInnovation Manager2021Nairobi, Kenya
- McKinsey & CompanyConsultant2019 — 2021Redwood City, California
- Watson InstituteFellow, Social Entrepreneurship2019Boulder, CO
- DIBBSCo-Founder, CEO2016 — 2019Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
- RedfinProduct Manager Intern2018Greater Seattle Area
- EatWithWeb Development Intern2015San Francisco, CA
Skills & more
Engineering12Problem Solving9Project Management5International Development4Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)5Data Analysis2Java10Matlab5Public Speaking4Teamwork3HTML6Python5
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LeadershipElectrical EngineeringSpanishFrenchChinesePowerPointResearchMicrosoft ExcelSocial MediaMicrosoft WordCMicrosoft OfficeLanguages Chinese · English · French · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kat Hu?
- Kat Hu previously worked at McKinsey and built go-to-market and operations for Turing's foundational LLM trainer business, managing teams of over 500 AI trainers. She is now cofounder at Sepal AI.
- Where does Kat Hu work?
- Kat Hu is Founder of Sepal AI.
- What companies did Kat Hu found?
- Kat Hu founded Sepal AI.
- Where did Kat Hu go to school?
- Kat Hu studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor’s Degree, Industrial Engineering); Stanford University (MPP); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA).
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business mafia267
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Shared employers
Also worked at Turing14
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