Evan Yu
Founder & CEO at Cleo
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEvan Yu is a founder and AI product leader based in the San Francisco Bay Area with four years of experience building and exiting early-stage startups. He currently leads Cleo, applying voice AI to automotive dealerships to increase booked appointments and reduce missed calls, and previously founded two consumer-focused AI ventures that were acquired. With a master's in computer science from Loyola Marymount and hands-on machine learning research and teaching experience, he bridges academic rigor with rapid product iteration. Early work as a behavioral therapist informs his user-centered approach to engagement and habit design, turning clinical data practices into product metrics. Though relatively early in his career, Evan blends entrepreneurial streak with practical engineering—maintaining a GitHub presence under @evmar and contributing to design workflows in collaboration with Figma.
4 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Loyola Marymount University
Github Skills (28)
figma10
plugin10
ninja9
figma-plugin9
sanitizer8
api8
build-system8
typescript8
makefile8
javascript8
cmake7
interop6
visual-studio-code-extension5
cpp4
conventions3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
emartinfigma/clangd-www
Nov 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 9 days
figma/plugin-typings
Jul 2021 - Sep 2021
Typings for the Figma Plugin API
Contributions:3 reviews, 5 commits, 11 PRs in 1 month
apiapi-pluginfigmaplugintypings
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