About
Viet Long Tran is CEO and co-founder of DanteHQ. He previously worked as a machine learning engineer at ByteDance and Quora, and as an equity associate at AllianceBernstein. He holds a Master's degree from Stanford and a Bachelor's degree from Columbia, and co-founded Pencil Philosophy, an education non-profit in Vietnam.
Founder at RedbeanYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Viet went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Viet can intro founders to Redbean's investors below.
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Experience
- RedbeanCEO & Co-foundercurrent2025 — present
- TinaiCEO & Co-founder2021 — 2025
- TikTokMachine Learning Engineer2020 — 2021Mountain View, California, United States
- QuoraMachine Learning Engineer2019 — 2020Mountain View, California, United States
- GrouponMachine Learning Engineer Intern2018Palo Alto, CA
- AB BernsteinAssociate2015 — 2017Greater New York City Area
- NERA Economic ConsultingSummer Intern2014Greater Boston Area
- Institute for Social and Economic Research and PolicyResearch Assistant2013 — 2014New York, NY
- Council on Foreign RelationsGeoeconomics Intern2013New York, NY
- Common CauseResearch Intern2012 — 2013New York, NY
Skills & more
Machine Learning3Recommender Systems3Event Planning8Data Analysis16Research18Statistics9Economics7Politics3Social Media1Deep LearningPython (Programming Language)3Microsoft Office7
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Viet Long Tran?
- Viet Long Tran is CEO and co-founder of DanteHQ. He previously worked as a machine learning engineer at ByteDance and Quora, and as an equity associate at AllianceBernstein. He holds a Master's degree from Stanford and a Bachelor's degree from Columbia, and co-founded Pencil Philosophy, an education non-profit in Vietnam.
- Where does Viet Long Tran work?
- Viet Long Tran is Founder of Redbean.
- What companies did Viet Long Tran found?
- Viet Long Tran founded Redbean.
- Where did Viet Long Tran go to school?
- Viet Long Tran studied at Stanford University (Master of Science - MS, Statistics); Columbia University (Bachelor’s Degree, Phi Beta Kappa); Berkshire School.
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