About
Richard He previously worked as a senior software engineer at Cruise and was a founding engineer at Graft, an LLM infrastructure company. He has contributed to open-source LLM projects and built AI agent applications.
Founder at OpenmartYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Richard went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Openmart's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Richard can intro founders to Openmart's investors below.
Openmart's investors · 6
Co-founders at Openmart
KW
Kathryn WuFounder
Experience
- Openmart (YC W24)Co-Founder and CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Orange CollectiveVenture Partnercurrent2024 — present
- Afore CapitalFounder-in-Residence2023 — 2024
- Graft (acquired by you.com)Founding Engineer2022 — 2023
- CruiseSenior Software Engineer - ML Platform2020 — 2022
- PinterestSoftware Engineer - ML Platform2019
- AmazonSoftware Engineer2018
- PROSProduct2017
Skills & more
Python18Large Language Models (LLM)1MLflow1TerraformApache BeamAbstract Syntax Tree (AST)Static AnalysisRobot Operating System (ROS)WebvizPerception SimulationDaskPostgreSQL
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JavaBusiness CommunicationsLead GenerationScalaAgile Project ManagementScalabilityEngineeringAlgorithmsHadoopJavaScriptDockerGit- PPL — Federal Aviation Administration
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Richard He?
- Richard He previously worked as a senior software engineer at Cruise and was a founding engineer at Graft, an LLM infrastructure company. He has contributed to open-source LLM projects and built AI agent applications.
- Where does Richard He work?
- Richard He is Founder of Openmart.
- What companies did Richard He found?
- Richard He founded Openmart.
- Where did Richard He go to school?
- Richard He studied at Rice University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator (W24).
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