About
Kevin Hu is the founder and CEO of Metaplane, a data monitoring platform acquired by Datadog.
Kevin Hu @kevinzenghu
Things that are awesome: 1. @Ramp 2. Ramp's data team 3. Ramp's SF office 4. Price intelligence 5. Working with @iandmacomber on a presentation at @Snowflake Summit It's a pleasure contributing in a tiny, modest way to help a great team build a product that saves folks so much https://t.co/fr9Pjlva3R
Jun 4, 2024 Β· β₯ 16
Kevin Hu @kevinzenghu
@felicis @khoslaventures @ycombinator @flybridge @Stage2Capital @dropalltables Read more about our plans here: https://t.co/ibVFlujcoI
Mar 5, 2024 Β· β₯ 6
Kevin Hu @kevinzenghu
Iβm happy to announce our $13.8M Series A led by @felicis, with participation from @khoslaventures, @ycombinator, @flybridge, @Stage2Capital, @dropalltables, B37 Ventures, and an incredible group of investors and advisors. Metaplane preserves trust in data by ensuring data teams https://t.co/fpiutBRrFR
Mar 5, 2024 Β· β₯ 100 Β· β 19
Founder at MetaplaneYC W20
Intro paths
Kevin went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) β 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 β the partner who ran Metaplane's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Kevin can intro founders to Metaplane's investors below.
Metaplane's investors Β· 5
Co-founders at Metaplane
Experience
- DatadogData Observabilitycurrent2025 β presentNew York, New York, United States
- Startups and fundsInvestorcurrent2025 β present
- Metaplane by DatadogCo-founder and CEO2019 β 2025Greater Boston
Education
- Y CombinatorW20
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)2015 β 2019
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyS.M., Data visualization and machine learning2013 β 2015
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyS.B., Physics2011 β 2013
Skills & more
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Data AnalysisAlgorithmsStatisticsProgrammingMathematical ModelingPhysicsArtificial IntelligenceScienceData VisualizationFrom Kevin's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia464
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Datadog mafia26
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Same school
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