Xinwei He
FounderFounder at TraceRoot.AI
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedTraceRoot.AI Β· YC
About
Xinwei He holds a degree in computer science from Stanford and has authored publications at major machine learning conferences. He previously worked as a research scientist at Meta and as a founding engineer at Kumo.AI, and has contributed to PyTorch Geometric as a core open-source contributor. He is the founder and CEO of TraceRoot.AI.
Founder at TraceRoot.AIYC S25
Intro paths
Xinwei went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran TraceRoot.AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Xinwei can intro founders to TraceRoot.AI's investors below.
Experience
- TraceRoot.AI (YC S25)Founder and CEOcurrent2025 β presentSouth San Francisco, California, United States
- Kumo.AIFounding Engineer2022 β 2025Mountain View, California, United States
- MetaMachine Learning Engineer2021 β 2022Menlo Park, California, United States
- Stanford UniversityResearch Assistant2020 β 2021Stanford, California, United States
- FacebookSoftware Engineer Intern2020Menlo Park, California, United States
- FacebookSoftware Engineer Intern2019Greater Seattle Area
- University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignResearch Assistant2017 β 2019Urbana, Illinois, United States
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Xinwei He?
- Xinwei He holds a degree in computer science from Stanford and has authored publications at major machine learning conferences. He previously worked as a research scientist at Meta and as a founding engineer at Kumo.AI, and has contributed to PyTorch Geometric as a core open-source contributor. He is the founder and CEO of TraceRoot.AI.
- Where does Xinwei He work?
- Xinwei He is Founder of TraceRoot.AI.
- What companies did Xinwei He found?
- Xinwei He founded TraceRoot.AI.
- Where did Xinwei He go to school?
- Xinwei He studied at Stanford University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science).
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