Where did Trung Vu go to school?

Trung Vu studied at Y Combinator; The University of Texas at Austin (Master of Science, Computer Science); The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science).

Trung Vu

Founder

Founder at Hoss

Austin, Texas, United States

FoundedHoss · YC

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Ken ChenaultunlockedTrung: together at IBM (2009)

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About

Trung Vu is the founder and CEO of an AI company that builds conversation intelligence agents for customer engagement and lead conversion across multiple communication channels.

Founder at Hoss YC W20

Intro paths

Trung went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Trung can intro founders to Hoss's investors below.

Hoss's investors · 3

Abstraction CapitalKansas City · $50K – $400K checks Lombardstreet VenturesWoodside · $500K checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at Hoss

Cameron CooperFounder

Matt HawkinsFounder

Experience

Revve AIFoundercurrent2024 — presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Niantic, Inc.Engineering2021 — 2024Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
HossCo-Founder2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
DOSHSenior Software Engineer2017 — 2019
Snap KitchenLead Software Engineer2017
Snap KitchenSenior Software Developer2016 — 2017Austin, Texas Area
TheZebra.comTechnical Team Lead2013 — 2016Austin, Texas Area
HomeAway.comSoftware Developer II2012 — 2013Austin, TX
HomeAway.comSoftware Developer2011 — 2012
BazaarvoiceSoftware Developer Intern2010
Amazon.comSoftware Developer Engineer Intern2009
IBMPresale Specialist Intern2009
Morgan StanleySoftware Developer Intern2008
HBK Capital ManagementSoftware Developer Intern2007

Skills & more

Customer ExperienceArtificial Intelligence (AI)6Startups3Java36SaaS7Data Mining5Ruby15Spring27Solr3C#5Ruby on Rails10Maven8

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Machine LearningJava Enterprise EditionRESTjQueryWeb ApplicationsScrumMySQLAgile MethodologiesScalabilityDatabases

Languages Vietnamese

R Programming — Coursera
The Data Scientist’s Toolbox — Coursera

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Trung Vu?: Trung Vu is the founder and CEO of an AI company that builds conversation intelligence agents for customer engagement and lead conversion across multiple communication channels.
Where does Trung Vu work?: Trung Vu is Founder of Hoss.
What companies did Trung Vu found?: Trung Vu founded Hoss.
Where did Trung Vu go to school?: Trung Vu studied at Y Combinator; The University of Texas at Austin (Master of Science, Computer Science); The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science).

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