Where does Richard He work?

Richard He is Founder of Openmart and Venture Partner at Orange Collective.

What companies did Richard He found?

Richard He founded Openmart, Openmart.

Where did Richard He go to school?

Richard He studied at Rice University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator (W24).

Richard He

InvestorFounder

Venture Partner at Orange Collective · Founder at Openmart

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedOpenmart · YC Openmart

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240 people in our graph share verified history with Richard — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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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 Openmart YC W24

Intro paths

Richard went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

Afore CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checks J17 Capital MyAsiaVCSeattle Rebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Openmart

Kathryn WuFounder

Co-founder at Openmart

Intro paths

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In turn, Richard can intro founders to Openmart's investors below.

Openmart's investors · 7

Afore CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checks Brighter CapitalCupertino · $25K – $100K checks Imagination CapitalNew York · $100K – $150K checks J17 Capital Rebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks

Co-founders at Openmart

Kathryn WuCo-founder

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

+12 more

JavaBusiness CommunicationsLead GenerationScalaAgile Project ManagementScalabilityEngineeringAlgorithmsHadoopJavaScriptDockerGit

PPL — Federal Aviation Administration

From Richard's professional profile.

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Investor at Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York

Jason Freedman

General Partner at Peak State Ventures

Kelechi Ukah

Founder at Novig

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 and Venture Partner at Orange Collective.
What companies did Richard He found?: Richard He founded Openmart, Openmart.
Where did Richard He go to school?: Richard He studied at Rice University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator (W24).