About
Sean Wu previously worked on AI research at NVIDIA and conducted biological research at Stanford.
Founder at SynphonyYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Sean went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Andrew Miklas, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Synphony's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Sean can intro founders to Synphony's investors below.
Synphony's investors · 2
Co-founders at Synphony
LA
Lucas AmlickeFounder
Experience
- V11Fellowcurrent2026 — presentSan Fransisco
- synphonyCEO, Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSanta Clara, California, United States
- NVIDIAML Research Intern2025
- SCU AI CollaboratePresident2024 — 2025
- AYRMachine Learning and Software Engineer2023 — 2024Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- Harvard Computer SocietyMechanistic Interpretability Researcher2024
- GPT PrintshopCo-Founder2023Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- Stanford UniversityStudent Research Assistant2022 — 2023
- Thomas Jefferson University HospitalsJefferson Hutchins Scholar - Student Research Assistant2022Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Skills & more
Project Management10Large Language Models (LLM)Research and Development (R&D)5Data Structures1Genetic Engineering1DNA Sequencing1Computer Vision1Entrepreneurship3Sales1Data AnalysisAcademic Publishing1Cardiovascular Imaging
+12 more
Experimental DesignComputer ScienceData ScienceApplied Machine LearningOptical Character Recognition (OCR)Data ProcessingMachine LearningResearch SkillsTransformer ModelsGenerative AIReact.jsDjangoFrom Sean's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sean Wu?
- Sean Wu previously worked on AI research at NVIDIA and conducted biological research at Stanford.
- Where does Sean Wu work?
- Sean Wu is Founder of Synphony.
- What companies did Sean Wu found?
- Sean Wu founded Synphony.
- Where did Sean Wu go to school?
- Sean Wu studied at Santa Clara University (Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science and Engineering); The Lawrenceville School (High School Diploma).
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