3x founder

Gary Gao

Co-Founder @ Chert (YC P26) | CS & Wharton @ UPenn | Z-Fellow

Co-founder

Chert· Spring 2026🇺🇸 Montclair, New Jersey, United States

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @GaryGao891219

2025Co-founder· Nodal CLI

Founder · since 2025

Company

Nodal CLI

Role

Co-Founder

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

—

no public source

Based

New York, United States

current

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

Source: LinkedIn work history

Profile coverage5 of 7 · missing posts, contact

Chert

iMessage infrastructure for business

Spring 2026

Experience

Career

Chert
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CEO · San Francisco, California, United States · 2025 – Present
2025
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Researcher · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2024 – Present
2024
Photon Framework
Founder
Founder in Residence · San Francisco, California, United States · 2025 – Present
2025
The Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM)
Neuromorphic Computing Researcher · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2024 – Present
2024
Wharton Analytics Fellows
Data Analyst · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2025 – Present
2025
Wharton Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club
Vice President · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2025 – Present
2025
Wharton Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club
Member · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2024 – Present
2024
University of Cincinnati
Machine Learning Engineer · Sardinia, Italy · 2025 – Present
2025
Penn Spark
Project Lead · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2025 – Present
2025
ShiftKey
Junior Analyst · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2025 – Present
2025
Penn ADAPT
Artificial Intelligence Developer · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2025 – Present
2025
Nodal CLI
Co-founder
Co-Founder · New York, United States · 2025 – Present
2025
The Wharton School
Consultant for Wharton Impact and Sustainability Consulting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2025 – Present
2025
Nexus 8 International, LLC
AI Algorithmic Development Intern · Washington DC-Baltimore Area · 2024 – Present
2024
Penn Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
Research Assistant/Software Engineer · 2024 – Present
2024
Semiconductor Business Intelligence
Writer · 2024 – Present
2024
NIJE
Chief Product Officer · 2024 – Present
2024
Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey
Intern · 2023 – Present
2023
Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 501 Aviation Speaker Series
Project Director · 2023 – Present
2023
Quickmeets
Software Engineer · 2024
2024
Lefcourt Medical AI
AI Intern · 2024
2024

Bio

Hi, I'm Gary, co-founder and CEO at Chert. We're providing the infrastructure for businesses to build conversational interfaces in iMessage. Before moving to SF last month, I studied CS and Business at Penn and spent the past year researching ML model architectures, designing neuromorphic chips, and building projects with my co-founder Ian. Outside of this, I like flying planes, running marathons, and reading!