Andrew Fong

Shoutout to Andrew Fong. This guy’s a legit tech beast, and his story is one you gotta hear. So, he’s part of YC W08, that’s like, one of the OG batches, meaning he’s been in the game for a hot minute and knows his shit inside out.

He kicked things off with some serious gigs, he’s worked at Slack, which is huge, and even at companies like Dropbox, where he was VP of Infrastructure Engineering. Basically, he’s the guy behind the scenes making sure the infrastructure doesn’t crash during crazy growth. No small feat, right? That’s some hardcore scaling experience. And he’s not just sitting around; he’s jumped into startups too, like Vise, a fintech platform helping financial advisors level up, he was CTO there.

But here’s where it gets interesting. Andrew co-founded Kirkland North back in the day through YC, and that’s where he really made his mark. It was an online gaming startup, and they built this campus game called ‘Turf’ that blew up at Yale, Harvard, Stanford, and other top schools. Dude turned gaming into a campus phenomenon. That’s some real grassroots hustle. It shows he’s got the entrepreneurial fire, willing to build stuff from scratch and make it stick.

Fast forward, he’s now the CEO and co-founder of a seed-stage startup in deployment tech, he’s still out here building, scaling, and pushing boundaries. His background also includes stints with YouTube and AOL, so he’s seen the internet boom firsthand and knows how to scale systems big time.

On top of that, Andrew’s got a solid education from UC Berkeley, and he’s plugged into all the right circles, YC, of course, but also organizations like the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations and the Center for American Progress. Basically, the dude’s not just about coding and startups; he’s interested in the bigger picture, having an effect, and connecting dots across industries.

What does all this say about him? Honestly, it’s clear he’s driven by a love for building cool shit and solving big problems. He’s been in trenches at massive companies, led infrastructure during hypergrowth, and then jumped into the startup world to create new stuff from scratch. He’s got that hacker mindset, take risks, scale fast, and never settle. His process screams passion for tech, a hunger to innovate, and a knack for turning ideas into reality no matter the stage.

Basically, Andrew Fong is one of those rare founders who’s been through it all, from gaming to fintech to infrastructure, and still keeps pushing forward. No Cap, he’s the real deal, someone you wanna keep an eye on because he’s got the skills, the vision, and the hustle to crush whatever he jumps into next.