# Richard Gu

> SWE @ Niantic Spatial | YC W25 | CS @ Cornell

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/richardgu

I love tackling challenging problems and building impactful new products. If you'd like to collaborate, feel free to email me at richardgu0114@gmail.com

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer, Computer Vision @ Niantic Spatial, Inc.
Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco, CA
Geospatial AI

### Co-Founder & CTO @ Nitrode (YC W25)
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco, CA
AI Agents x Gaming

### Technical Product Manager @ Cornell Digital Tech & Innovation
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Ithaca, New York, United States
Tech lead for Cornell's most popular office hours platform serving over 3,000 students, TAs, and professors each semester

### Software Developer @ Cornell Digital Tech & Innovation
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Ithaca, NY
Driving impactful new features for web apps that benefit the Cornell community and beyond

### Teaching Assistant @ Cornell University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Ithaca, NY
Computer Architecture (FA24)
Machine Learning (SP24, FA23)
Object-Oriented Programming and Data Structures (SP23, FA22)

### Machine Learning Researcher @ Cornell University
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Ithaca, NY
Fair ranking under disparate uncertainty, advised by Prof. Thorsten Joachims

### Software Engineer @ Niantic, Inc.
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, CA
Played a lot of Pokémon Go

### Tennis Instructor @ Minnesota Tennis Camps
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
played tennis lol

### Research Assistant @ University of Minnesota
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Mathematical modeling of workplace chemical exposures, advised by Dr. Susan Arnold


## Education
### W25
Y Combinator

### Master of Engineering - MEng in Computer Science
Cornell University

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science
Cornell University

### High School Diploma
Wayzata High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rgu0114
- GitHub: https://github.com/rg779
- Portfolio: https://www.richardgu.com
- Portfolio: https://www.nitrode.com/

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Last updated: 2026-04-10