About
Lambert Chu is co-founder and CTO of Point API. He holds degrees in computer science and management science from MIT.
Founder/CTO at Point APIYC W18
Intro paths
YC
Lambert went through Y Combinator (Winter 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Lambert can intro founders to Point API's investors below.
Point API's investors · 1
Experience
- InstagramSenior Machine Learning Engineercurrent2025 — presentNew York, NY
- PrizePicksSenior Data Science Engineer2024 — 2025
- PrizePicksData Science Engineer2023 — 2024
- DecaSoftware Engineer2021 — 2023
- Lucky TraderData Scientist2021
- Surge AIContract Software Engineer2021
- New York YankeesAssociate, Baseball Operations2020 — 2021Greater New York City Area
- PointCTO and Co-Founder2016 — 2019Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Goldman SachsSummer Analyst2016New York, New York
- Bank of America Merrill LynchWinter Analyst (Global Markets Sales & Trading)2016Greater New York City Area
- Celect, Inc.Intern2015Boston, MA
- Ultimate SoftwareSoftware Engineering Intern2014Weston, Florida
Skills & more
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)R (Programming Language)Python (Programming Language)XGBoostReact.jsNext.jsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Serverless FrameworkNode.jsJava3C#3Python5
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JavaScriptSQLKubernetesRedisLanguage ModelingChrome ExtensionsSabermetricsData ScienceScikit-LearnAnalytical WritingTypeScriptLanguages English · Mandarin
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lambert Chu?
- Lambert Chu is co-founder and CTO of Point API. He holds degrees in computer science and management science from MIT.
- Where does Lambert Chu work?
- Lambert Chu is Founder/CTO of Point API.
- What companies did Lambert Chu found?
- Lambert Chu founded Point API.
- Where did Lambert Chu go to school?
- Lambert Chu studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science; Management Science); Y Combinator; The Wheatley School.
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