Scott Wu

{{Short description|American computer programmer and entrepreneur}}

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| birth_place = Louisiana, United States

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| awards = Codeforces peak rating: 3350

| education = Harvard University

| known for = Co-founding Cognition AI and Lunchclub
Achievements in competitive programming

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Scott Wu (born 1997) is an American entrepreneur who is co-founder of Cognition AI and Lunchclub. He is also a 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.

Background

Wu was born in 1997 in the state of Louisiana.{{Cite web |date=March 30, 2024 |title=Who is Scott Wu? All About Devin.AI Founder |url=https://haor.org/scott-wu-devin-ai-founder/ |access-date=May 25, 2024 |language=English}} He attended Baton Rouge Magnet High School.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-09-01 |title=Baton Rouge Magnet High student honored for winning national math competition |url=https://www.businessreport.com/article/news-roundup-baton-rouge-magnet-high-student-honored-for-winning-national-math-competition-convergys-set-to-hire-150-in-baton-rouge-downtown-traffic-shifting-for-north-boulevard-project |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Baton Rouge Business Report |language=en-US |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525072955/https://www.businessreport.com/article/news-roundup-baton-rouge-magnet-high-student-honored-for-winning-national-math-competition-convergys-set-to-hire-150-in-baton-rouge-downtown-traffic-shifting-for-north-boulevard-project |url-status=live }}

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.{{Cite web |last=Nair |first=Vandana |date=March 14, 2024 |title=Meet the Creator of Devin, A Child Prodigy Who is Making Coding Obsolete |url=https://analyticsindiamag.com/meet-the-creator-of-devin-a-child-prodigy-who-is-making-coding-obsolete/ |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=AIM |language=en-US |archive-date=April 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425132030/https://analyticsindiamag.com/meet-the-creator-of-devin-a-child-prodigy-who-is-making-coding-obsolete/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Mok |first=Aaron |title=A clip that's seemingly of the CEO behind Devin, the 'first AI software engineer,' at a math event is wowing viewers |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/clip-ceo-cognition-ai-engineer-devin-math-competition-going-viral-2024-3 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Zewe |first=Adam |date=May 19, 2016 |title=Students place third in international programming contest |url=https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2016/05/students-place-third-international-programming-contest |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=seas.harvard.edu |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525061517/https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2016/05/students-place-third-international-programming-contest |url-status=live }}

Career

From to 2014 to 2015, Wu worked as software engineer at Addepar.

In 2017, Wu co-founded Lunchclub and was its CTO until 2022 when he left to pursue different interests.{{Cite web |last=Shrivastava |first=Rashi |date=December 2, 2024 |title=Coders Worry The AI From This $2 Billion Startup Could Replace Their Jobs |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2024/12/02/cognition-scott-wu-devin-ai/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Forbes |language=en}} Wu was listed in 2020 edition of Forbes 30 Under 30 for co-founding Lunchclub.{{Cite web |title=30 Under 30 2020: Consumer Technology |url=https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2020/consumer-technology/ |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525070051/https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2020/consumer-technology/ |url-status=live }}

In 2021, Wu came third place in the 2021 Google Code Jam.

In 2023, Wu co-founded Cognition AI which developed Devin AI. It raised $21 million in funding from Peter Thiel's Founders Fund.

Achievements

= Competitive programming =

A more comprehensive list of achievements can be found at the Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame website.{{Cite web |title=Profile of Scott Wu – Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame |url=https://cphof.org/profile/topcoder:scott_wu |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=cphof.org |language=en |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525054311/https://cphof.org/profile/topcoder:scott_wu |url-status=live }}

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 =

HMMT: Champion (2014){{Cite web |date=2018-02-12 |title=Results |url=http://www.hmmt.co/static/archive/february/results/2014/long.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083226/http://www.hmmt.co/static/archive/february/results/2014/long.txt |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |access-date=2024-05-25}}
Mathcounts (Representing Louisiana): Individual champion (2011)

Family

Wu 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.{{Cite web |title=Harvard students grab silver in ACM programming contest |url=https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2012/05/harvard-students-grab-silver-acm-programming-contest |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=seas.harvard.edu |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525065602/https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2012/05/harvard-students-grab-silver-acm-programming-contest |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Profile of Neal Wu – Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame |url=https://cphof.org/profile/topcoder:neal_wu |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=cphof.org |language=en |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525065601/https://cphof.org/profile/topcoder:neal_wu |url-status=live }}

References

External links

;Online coding profiles

Topcoder: [https://www.topcoder.com/members/scott_wu scott_wu]
Codeforces: [https://codeforces.com/profile/scott_wu scott_wu]

Category:1997 births

Category:21st-century American businesspeople

Category:American technology chief executives

Category:Baton Rouge Magnet High School alumni

Category:Businesspeople from Louisiana

Category:Competitive programmers

Category:Harvard College alumni

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