Scott Wu (born 1997) is a Chinese American entrepreneur who is co-founder of Cognition AI and Lunchclub. He is also competitive programmer who won three gold medals (placing first in 2014) at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) and came third place in the 2021 Google Code Jam.
Scott Wu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1997 (age 26–27) Louisiana, United States |
| Other names | scott_wu |
| Education | Harvard University |
| Known for | Co-founding Cognition AI and Lunchclub Achievements in competitive programming |
| Awards | Codeforces peak rating: 3350 |
Background
editWu was born in 1997 in the state of Louisiana.[1] He attended Baton Rouge Magnet High School.[2]
Growing up Wu competed in competitions related to programming and mathematics. He won three gold medals (placing first in 2014) at IOI. He also competed in Mathcounts and became individual champion in 2011.[1][2][3][4][5]
Wu attended Harvard University where he graduated in 2019 with an A.B. in Economics. While at Harvard, he was part of the team representing it in the 2016 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) which won a gold medal and came third place overall.[1][4][5][6]
Career
editFrom to 2014 to 2015, Wu worked as software engineer at Addepar.[1][5]
In 2017, Wu co-founded Lunchclub and was its CTO until 2022.[1][5] Wu was listed in 2020 edition of Forbes 30 Under 30 for co-founding Lunchclub.[7]
In 2021, Wu came third place in the 2021 Google Code Jam.[3]
In 2023, Wu co-founded Cognition AI which developed Devin AI. It raised $21 million in funding from Peter Thiel's Founders Fund.[1][4][5]
Achievements
editCompetitive programming
editA more comprehensive list of achievements can be found at the Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame website.[3]
- International Olympiad in Informatics: 3 Gold (2012, 2013 and 2014) (First place overall in 2014)
- International Collegiate Programming Contest (Representing Harvard): 1 Gold (2016) (Third place overall)
- Google Code Jam: Third place (2021)
- Topcoder Open Algorithm: Third place (2017)
- Codeforces: Legendary Grandmaster (peak rating 3350)
Mathematics
edit- HMMT: Champion (2014)[8]
- Mathcounts (Representing Louisiana): Individual champion (2011)[2]
Family
editWu has an older brother named Neal. Similar to Wu, Neal also has a competitive programming background and attended Harvard University graduating in 2014. His competitive programming achievements include winning three gold medals at the IOI, winning a team silver medal at the ICPC and coming second place in the 2012 Google Code Jam. Neal previously worked at Facebook and Google. He currently works with Wu at Cognition AI.[1][4][9][10]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Who is Scott Wu? All About Devin.AI Founder". March 30, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Baton Rouge Magnet High student honored for winning national math competition". Baton Rouge Business Report. September 1, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Profile of Scott Wu – Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame". cphof.org. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Nair, Vandana (March 14, 2024). "Meet the Creator of Devin, A Child Prodigy Who is Making Coding Obsolete". AIM. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Mok, Aaron. "A clip that's seemingly of the CEO behind Devin, the 'first AI software engineer,' at a math event is wowing viewers". Business Insider. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ Zewe, Adam (May 19, 2016). "Students place third in international programming contest". seas.harvard.edu. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ "30 Under 30 2020: Consumer Technology". Forbes. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ "Wayback Machine". web.archive.org. February 12, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ "Harvard students grab silver in ACM programming contest". seas.harvard.edu. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ "Profile of Neal Wu – Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame". cphof.org. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
External links
edit- Online coding profiles