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#141 - Diana Hu
Y Combinator Startup Podcast
Diana Hu cofounded Escher Reality, which went through the Summer 2017 batch of YC. They were acquired by Niantic and she is now the head of their AR platform. She's on Twitter @sdianahu . The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Getting into AR 2:55 - Her first exposure to AR 4:40 - AR's future role in media 7:45 - Deciding where to go with the product 9:55 - Innovations that enabled AR 14:25 - Building a product in a new market 17:25 - Raising money for a new market 21:40 - Advice for founders after an acquisition 26:40 - Immigrating to the US 31:10 - Advice for Immigrant founders 33:49 - Advice for founders in/after YC
View originalDiana Hu cofounded Escher Reality, which went through the Summer 2017 batch of YC. They were acquired by Niantic and she is now the head of their AR platform. She's on Twitter @sdianahu . The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Getting into AR 2:55 - Her first exposure to AR 4:40 - AR's future role in media 7:45 - Deciding where to go with the product 9:55 - Innovations that enabled AR 14:25 - Building a product in a new market 17:25 - Raising money for a new market 21:40 - Advice for founders after an acquisition 26:40 - Immigrating to the US 31:10 - Advice for Immigrant founders 33:49 - Advice for founders in/after YC
- Published
- August 28, 2019
- Status
- active
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- 149d8d3a9e97aa09f4bc6d6ca9ed6c08127858815152bb175031bd646e93a79a
- Archive key
- 141-diana-hu--entry_5f690c0b2b8d6b926ba40dceb330
- Archive id
- entry_5f690c0b2b8d6b926ba40dceb330