Darell Chua

Co-founder @ Daqstra (YC S26)

Founder

Daqstra· Summer 2026🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @heyitsdarell

2025Member of Technical Staff· DSO National Laboratories

Founder · since 2024

Company

DSO National Laboratories

Role

Member of Technical Staff

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

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Daqstra

AI-native orchestration for physical R&D testing

Summer 2026

Experience

Career

Daqstra
Founder
Founder · San Diego, California, United States · 2024 – Present
2024
DSO National Laboratories
Member of Technical Staff · 2025 – 2026
2025
UC San Diego
Lab Teaching Assistant · San Diego, California, United States · 2022 – 2024
2022
UC San Diego
Medical Device Research Assistant · San Diego, California, United States · 2021 – 2024
2021
Rivian
Software Development and Engineering · Palo Alto, California, United States · 2024
2024
Student Foundation Investment Committee UCSD
Quantitative Developer · San Diego, California, United States · 2023 – 2024
2023
SEDS UCSD
Propulsion Team Avionics Lead, Platform Architect · San Diego, California, United States · 2023 – 2024
2023
SEDS UCSD
President · La Jolla, California, United States · 2022 – 2023
2022
SEDS UCSD
Lander Testbed Electrical Lead · California, United States · 2020 – 2022
2020
SEDS UCSD
Business Team Events Media Coordinator · 2021 – 2022
2021
Rivian
Systems Performance Architecture Intern · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
2023
DSO National Laboratories
Controls Research and Development Intern · Singapore, Singapore · 2022
2022
Model United Nations at UCSD
Travel Director · San Diego, California, United States · 2021 – 2022
2021
Triton Unmanned Aerial Systems
Safety Pilot Trainer · San Diego, California, United States · 2021 – 2022
2021
Triton Unmanned Aerial Systems
Airframe Sub-Team Member and Safety Pilot Trainee · San Diego, California, United States · 2020 – 2021
2020
DSTA
Research Intern · 2020
2020
Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)
Third Sergeant (3SG) · Singapore · 2018 – 2020
2018
Vinit Chhabra Law Corporation
Legal Intern · 2018
2018
DSO National Laboratories
Research Intern · Singapore Wind Tunnel, Temasek Labs · 2016
2016
Nanyang Technological University
Research Intern · CREATE Labs at the National University of Singapore · 2015
2015
AIS Cube
Intern · Singapore · 2013 – 2015
2013
DSO National Laboratories
Monocopter Research Intern · Singapore · 2014
2014

Bio

Founder at Daqstra (YC S26). Previously Systems Performance Architecture at Rivian, Member of Technical Staff at DSO National Labs Singapore. MS in Computer Engineering from UC San Diego. Developed end-to-end high performance hardware and software systems for aerospace and drone applications.