About
Philip Kung is CTO at Sweetspot. He previously founded Conduit Robotics, a company focused on remote vehicle operation technology for trucking.
Founder at SweetspotYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Philip went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Sweetspot's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Philip can intro founders to Sweetspot's investors below.
Sweetspot's investors · 3
Co-founders at Sweetspot
Experience
- SweetspotCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2023 — presentJersey City, New Jersey, United States
- CoinbaseSoftware Engineer2022 — 2023Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- MetaSoftware Engineer Intern2022New York, New York, United States
- NuroSoftware Engineer Intern2022Mountain View, California, United States
- CoinbaseSoftware Engineer Intern2021San Francisco, California, United States
- AmazonSoftware Engineer Intern2021Seattle, Washington, United States
- The University of Texas at AustinUndergraduate Research Assistant2020Austin, Texas, United States
- SaveDayFinancial Analyst2019 — 2020Austin, Texas, United States
- Kenneth M. Sabath Law OfficesParalegal2018 — 2019
Skills & more
C++PythonPython (Programming Language)AWS CloudFormation3Go (Programming Language)4
Languages Cantonese · Mandarin Chinese · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Philip Kung?
- Philip Kung is CTO at Sweetspot. He previously founded Conduit Robotics, a company focused on remote vehicle operation technology for trucking.
- Where does Philip Kung work?
- Philip Kung is Founder of Sweetspot.
- What companies did Philip Kung found?
- Philip Kung founded Sweetspot.
- Where did Philip Kung go to school?
- Philip Kung studied at The University of Texas at Austin; Y Combinator; Clements High School.
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