Find your path to Kevin
656 people in our graph share verified history with Kevin — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Javier SolterounlockedKevin: together at Metaplane (2023–2025)
×2Kevin: together at Metaplane
×5Kevin: together at Datadog
×4Kevin: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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 MetaplaneYC W20
Intro paths
YC
Kevin went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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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 · 7
Array Ventures Management LlcSan Francisco · $1.5M checks · since 2021Earl Grey CapitalAustinFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2024Flybridge Capital PartnersNew York · $250K – $10M checks · since 2023Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2023Stage 2 CapitalLincoln · $200K – $4M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020
Co-founders at Metaplane
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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
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Data AnalysisAlgorithmsStatisticsProgrammingMathematical ModelingPhysicsArtificial IntelligenceScienceData VisualizationFrom Kevin's professional profile.
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).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,221
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Elad GilPhDFounded Brain Co. +1Hemant TanejaMinorFounded Hippocratic AINat FriedmanBachelor of ScienceFounded XamarinBrad FeldS.B.Founded TechstarsMatt HuangB.S.Founded Paradigm +1Delian AsparouhovDropoutFounded Nightingale +1
+ 1,214 more
Datadog mafia47
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Josephine LeeSoftware Engineering InternFounded Palette Labs +1Brad MenezesSenior Director of Product ManagementFounded Superblocks +1Pierre BetouinVice President Of Product ManagementFounded Tolmo +1Taylor BaldwinSenior Software EngineerFounded Drifting In Space +1Sergio PradaSoftware EngineerFounded Metal +1Arseniy ShishaevSoftware EngineerFounded Superlog +1
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000
Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of VardaDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of Dropbox
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