Scott Wu
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| Born | 1997 (age 26–27)
Louisiana, United States
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| Other names | scott_wu |
| Education | Harvard University |
| Known for | Co-founding Cognition AI and Lunchclub Achievements in competitive programming |
| Awards | Codeforces peak rating: 3350 |
Scott Wu (born 1997) is a Chinese American entrepreneur who is co-founder of Cognition AI and Lunchclub. He is also 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.
Wu was born in 1997 in the state of Louisiana.[1] He attended Baton Rouge Magnet High School.[2]
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.[1][2][3][4][5]
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.[1][4][5][6]
From to 2014 to 2015, Wu worked as software engineer at Addepar.[1][5]
In 2017, Wu co-founded Lunchclub and was its CTO until 2022.[1][5] Wu was listed in 2020 edition of Forbes 30 Under 30 for co-founding Lunchclub.[7]
In 2021, Wu came third place in the 2021 Google Code Jam.[3]
In 2023, Wu co-founded Cognition AI which developed Devin AI. It raised $21 million in funding from Peter Thiel's Founders Fund.[1][4][5]
A more comprehensive list of achievements can be found at the Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame website.[3]
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.[1][4][9][10]
