Kevin Chu
Cofounder of Hestus
2024Co-founder· Hestus
Founder · since 2024Company
Hestus
Role
Co-Founder and CTO
current
Stage
—
no public source
Raised
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no public source
Based
San Francisco Bay Area
current
Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role
Source: LinkedIn work historyProfile coverage5 of 7 · missing posts, contact
Experience
Career
2024Hestus
Co-founderCo-Founder and CTO · San Francisco Bay Area · 2024 – Present
2021Mendaera, Inc.
Head of Software Engineering · San Carlos, California, United States · 2021 – 2023
2016Cruise
Director of Autonomous Vehicle Engineering · 2016 – 2022
2014Cruise
Software Engineer · 2014 – 2016
2012QBotix
Robotics Engineer · 2012 – 2014
2010Western Digital
Controls Engineering · 2010 – 2012
2012UCLA
Lecturer · 2012
2005UCLA
Research · 2005 – 2011
Bio
Kevin is leading the engineering and product as the CTO at Hestus (S24). Previously, he led Autonomous Vehicle engineering at Cruise, growing the team from 20 to 300 over seven years and holds a Robotics PhD from UCLA. He also worked in multiple robotics startups including energy and medical spaces