Emerson Hsieh
Co-founder at Primodium
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEmerson Hsieh is a founder and engineer with a decade of experience building ML-driven products for heavy industries, from rail maintenance prediction models (patented) to aviation and steel workflows. A YC S19 alum and Berkeley EECS student, he blends research-grade systems work—drone point-cloud tooling and Kubernetes testing frameworks—with hands-on startup execution. He co-founded multiple companies including Palifer (acquired by Symboticware), an NFT project that achieved top-200 OpenSea volume, and an early mobile app studio with global top-10 apps. Emerson focuses on applying cutting-edge ML and systems engineering to industrial problems, pairing product instincts with rigorous prototypes and patents. Based in Palo Alto, he also maintains a playful creative side—publishing doodles and experiments—that reflects a maker’s curiosity beyond conventional engineering.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. (expected) Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS), B.S. (expected) Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at University of California, BerkeleyPalifer + Waves (S19), Palifer + Waves (S19) at Y Combinator
Spanish, French, English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (137)
aws-s310
solidity10
receipt10
sdk10
roku10
amazon-api10
android10
ios10
react-native10
ethereum10
react10
javascript9
portable9
amplify9
validation9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
primodiumxyz/developer
Jan 2024 - Feb 2025
Primodium developer docs and plugin examples. Contributions welcome!
Contributions:3 releases, 7 reviews, 58 PRs in 1 year 1 month
emersonhsieh/triggersafe_tests
Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:34 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 21 days
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