Jesse Hu

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Co-Founder at Abundant

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Jesse Hu is the Co-Founder of Abundant, a Y Combinator company focused on AI reliability. His background includes senior machine learning roles at Waymo, working on AI and robotics, and at YouTube, building large-scale recommendation systems. He is a computer science graduate from Duke University.

Jesse has a strong interest in applying his skills to solve real-world problems. While at Duke, he was a visiting scholar in a medical imaging lab applying deep learning to breast cancer research and also participated in a project analyzing massive open online courses (MOOCs).

Jesse was selected as a prestigious Kleiner Perkins (KPCB) Engineering Fellow in 2014.

Personality Overview

Believer

Full Of Energy

Informal

Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions.  They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be.

Topics They Care About

AI Reliability
His company, Abundant, provides human operators to manage AI agent edge cases, directly addressing the challenge of AI accuracy and reliability in regulated industries.
AI & Robotics
As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Waymo, he gained deep experience developing AI and optimization-based models for robotics and autonomous vehicle planning.
Large-Scale ML
At YouTube, he built and worked on deep retrieval and classification models, applying machine learning to a platform with over two billion users.

Media Appearances

Jesse has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2024
Co-Founder at Abundant
7-2023 - 7-2024
Founder at Scorecard
3-2021 - 6-2023
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Waymo
6-2018 - 2-2021
Software Engineer at YouTube
9-2016 - 3-2018
Independent Contractor at Self-employed

Education

Computer Science from Duke University

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Insights For Selling To Jesse

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use adjectives like ‘amazing’, ‘coolest’, ‘unbelievable’ etc.
  • Talk anecdotally about the customer experience that your product offers
  • Do some small talk, ask them how things are going on their side

DONT's

  • Don’t assume a yes just because they have not said no
  • Don’t be too formal, focus on building comfort and trust
  • Avoid ifs and buts, don’t talk too much about the risks etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Jesse is

  • Relationship and rapport can play an important role, sometimes more than the other factors.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Jesse

  • They will probably never say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Jesse move?

  • They are not the quickest decision makers, their friendly attitude could be misleading.
  • Can Jesse take some risk or not?

  • They can take certain risks that are unlikely to have personal consequences.

You And Jesse

Personality Compatibility


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