Where did Ray Wang go to school?

Ray Wang studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Beijing No 8 Middle.

Ray Wang

Founder

Founder at Flick

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedFlick · YC

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About

Ray Wang was an early engineer at Instagram where he worked on the Stories feature, which grew to hundreds of millions of daily active users. He has previously built AI-powered products in venture settings.

Founder at Flick YC F25

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Ray went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Flick's investors · 8

Bullpen CapitalSan Francisco · $2M – $4M checks Capitalize VCChicago · $100K – $200K checks GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2026 Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1M – $5M checks · since 2026 Olive Tree CapitalBoston · since 2026 PioneerToronto, Ontario True VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $3M checks · since 2026 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Flick

Zoey ZhangFounder

Experience

Flick (YC F25)Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
OnwishCo-Founder & CTO2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
JD.COMDirector of Engineering2020 — 2022Beijing, China
InstagramTechnical Lead2016 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
YelpSoftware Engineer (Search & NLP)2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
AmazonSoftware Engineer (Search and Discovery)2013Greater Seattle Area

Skills & more

Java58Python46Hadoop25MapReduce12C26C++53Matlab21SQL26Databases12Machine Learning41Hive9Data Mining58

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Distributed SystemsAlgorithmsComputer ScienceArtificial Intelligence

Languages Chinese

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ray Wang?: Ray Wang was an early engineer at Instagram where he worked on the Stories feature, which grew to hundreds of millions of daily active users. He has previously built AI-powered products in venture settings.
Where does Ray Wang work?: Ray Wang is Founder of Flick.
What companies did Ray Wang found?: Ray Wang founded Flick.
Where did Ray Wang go to school?: Ray Wang studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Beijing No 8 Middle.