Where does Kevin Hu work?

Kevin Hu is Founder of Metaplane.

Where did Kevin Hu go to school?

Kevin Hu studied at Y Combinator (W20); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.M., Data visualization and machine learning).

Kevin Hu

Founder

Founder at Metaplane

New York, New York, United States

FoundedMetaplane · YC

About

Kevin Hu is the founder and CEO of Metaplane, a data monitoring platform acquired by Datadog.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

k•••@metaplane.devreveal75% confident

Founder at Metaplane YC W20

Intro paths

Kevin went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Metaplane's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Kevin can intro founders to Metaplane's investors below.

Metaplane's investors · 5

Earl Grey CapitalAustin Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks Flybridge Capital PartnersNew York · $250K – $10M checks Stage 2 CapitalLincoln · $200K – $4M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at Metaplane

Guru MahendranFounder

Experience

DatadogData Observabilitycurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
Startups and fundsInvestorcurrent2025 — present
Metaplane by DatadogCo-founder and CEO2019 — 2025Greater Boston

Skills & more

Python49Matlab15LaTeX13R8HTML3Machine Learning33Research36Computer Science12Data ScienceData Integrity1Data GovernanceData Quality

+9 more

Data AnalysisAlgorithmsStatisticsProgrammingMathematical ModelingPhysicsArtificial IntelligenceScienceData Visualization

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Kevin Hu?: Kevin Hu is the founder and CEO of Metaplane, a data monitoring platform acquired by Datadog.
Where does Kevin Hu work?: Kevin Hu is Founder of Metaplane.
What companies did Kevin Hu found?: Kevin Hu founded Metaplane.
Where did Kevin Hu go to school?: Kevin Hu studied at Y Combinator (W20); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.M., Data visualization and machine learning).